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FA: England could bid for 2030 World Cup after Gianni Infantino's election

Football Association chairman Greg Dyke predicted the election of Gianni Infantino as FIFA president could trigger an English bid for the 2030 World Cup.

The FA backed the winning candidate on Friday, and Dyke welcomed Infantino's election after a "terrible few years" for FIFA.

"It's been a corrupted organisation for a very long period of time," Dyke told Sky News. "There's a big job to be done. But at least we've got a reform programme and at least we've got a president in whom we can trust.

"[Infantino is] very competent, very organised, very together. Not a showman, but good fun.