By Victor Kanayo
Few days after FIFA stopped Indonesia from hosting the 2023 U20 World Cup, the World football governing body has now stripped Peru of hosting the men’s Under-17 World Cup.
The reason for the latest decision, according to FIFA on Monday April 3, is that the country was not ready to stage the tournament later this year.
FIFA cited Peru’s inability “to fulfill its commitments to completing the infrastructure required to stage the tournament.
“There is now not sufficient time to secure the required investment and complete the necessary work with the Peruvian government ahead of the tournament start date.”
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets are among the countries jostling to take part of the fiesta after the upcoming African qualifiers.
FIFA is yet to name a replacement host for the 24-team tournament scheduled to be played between November 10 and December 2.
The decision comes one week after FIFA took the men’s Under-20 World Cup from Indonesia because that country did not want to host Israel at its tournament in May.
FIFA picked both Peru and Indonesia in 2019 to host the respective 2021 editions of the tournaments.
Both competitions were delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Already, Argentina have declared interest to stage the U20 World Cup, but FIFA is yet to confirm a host nation.
