After a Euro 2020 (disputed in 2021) dispersed in 10 countries and concluded in Wembley, the euro will soon be back in the temple of London football. UEFA gave the organization of the 2028 edition to Great Britain and Ireland (from June 9 to July 9, 2028), Euro 2032 being allocated at Italy and Turkey at the same time. As in Germany last year, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales will delight round ball fans who will travel to support their respective team.
In April 2023, the 10 stadiums in the competition were revealed with very surprising absences. The euro on the British islands will be disputed in six English speakers, namely Wembley, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the Etihad Stadium, the Everton Stadium (under construction), St James' Park and Villa Park. Old Trafford will be under construction, Anfield does not respect the dimensions required by UEFA and the Emirates Stadium did not apply! The Hampden Park of Glasgow, the Dublin Aviva Stadium and the Cardiff Millennium Stadium are the other three stages of the next continental meeting.
The organizing committee of this “UEFA Euro 2028 UK & Ireland” is already fully organized and has formalized, on Friday, a very symbolic recruit. Tyrone Mings, the central defender of Aston Villa, joined the board of the British tournament. The 32 -year -old, international player since 2019 but absent during Euro 2024 after a serious knee injury, is very respected on the other side of the Channel.
Great novelty for Euro 2028
“The appointment of Mings upsets the situation. As an independent non -executive administrator of the tournament, he will sit at the same table as the directors of the football federations of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It is a rare place, traditionally reserved for men in costume rather than crampons. Mings is not the first footballer to access management positions. But what makes this decision so special is that it does it now, while still playing. He does not expect retirement or a commentator's seat in Match of the Day. At 32, he chose to occupy the two roles: that of player and that of political decision -maker ”explains a press release.
Mings has a somewhat special route. Not kept by Southampton after his training, the central defender of 1.96 my played in the club of his corner, Chippenham Town, in the regional division (English D7), working as a bartender and banking advisor at the same time. It was at Ipswich Town, in Championship, that he launched his career, before discovering the Premier League with Bournemouth and becoming a high -level stopper with the Villans. In Ipswich, the player had participated in charitable initiatives, spending his Christmas in 2013 from homeless. He then opened a football academy in Birmingham.
