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US, England and Qatar bid teams join Leaders in Football

10:00am Saturday, 12th September 2009

Some of the major figures involved in the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bidding nations will address Leaders in Football which takes place at Chelsea FC in just 3 weeks time on 7th and 8th October.

Lord Triesman, Chairman of The Football Association and also England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup and who raised the agenda of debt in football at a time when the financial crisis was deepening in 2008, will be opening day 2 with a keynote speech that will no doubt reflect a turbulent year in football.

Don Garber, the respected Commissioner of Major League Soccer and an influential figure on the US World Cup bid team, will discuss the development of the professional game in the US and will join the debate around how best to narrow the wealth gap between professional leagues around the world.

Finally Hassan Al Thawadi, CEO of Qatar's ambitious bid to host the 2022 World Cup, which would be a first for the Middle East, will join a panel of leading Middle Eastern investors on what it would mean to win their bid and on the wider contribution the Middle East is making to the funding of sport world-wide.

All three senior level executives will join a growing number of leading figures in world football setting the news agenda on 7th and 8th October. These include Jack Warner, President, Concacaf and FIFA Executive Committee Member; Sir David Richards, Chairman, Premier League; Jeremy Darroch, CEO, BSkyB; Danny Jordaan, CEO, South Africa 2010 World Cup Organising Committee, Andy Roxburgh, Technical Director, UEFA; Lord Triesman, Chairman, The Football League; Harold Mayne Nicholls, President, Chilean Federation; Sunil Gulati, President, United States Soccer Federation; Tim Leiweke, CEO &President. AEG; and Andy Anson, CEO, England 2018 World Cup bid amongst others

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