UEFA have confirmed Italy and Turkey have submitted a request to launch a joint bid to host Euro 2032.
Reigning European champions Italy and Euro 2020 side Turkey have both already bid individually, with the latter applying for 2028, too.
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But now the UK and Ireland’s bid to host 2028 looks to have been boosted, thanks to Italy and Turkey wanting to join forces for the 2028 tournament.
In a statement released on Friday, European football’s governing body said: “UEFA confirms that it has received today a request from the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) to merge their individual bids into one joint bid to host UEFA EURO 2032.
“In 2021, UEFA initiated a bidding process for the hosting of two consecutive editions of its European Championship, in 2028 and 2032.
“TFF entered the process for both editions, while FIGC decided to bid only for the 2032 edition. A joint bid to host the 2028 edition has also been placed by five associations: England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
“UEFA will now work with FIGC and TFF to ensure that the documentation to be submitted for their joint bid is compliant with the bidding requirements.”
“If the joint bid does comply with such requirements, it will be submitted to the UEFA Executive Committee at the meeting scheduled on 10 October, where the appointments for 2028 and 2032 will be made.
“Decisions on venues and match schedules will be made at a later stage.”
Euro 2024 in Germany is now just 11 months away.
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Turkey had also bid to host the next edition of the competition, too however they only earned four votes compared to Germany’s 12.
Aside from hosting a number of games at Euro 2020 alongside the rest of Europe, Italy last hosted the competition in 1980.
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