I think the third continent to lift the world cup will be Asia and Japan is really a good contender

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    Seriously I’d say Saudi Arabia purely because they’ll find some way to manipulate (bribe?) fifa to allow them to field more foreign players

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      You can definitely see a generation of younger players being bought into their system and gaining eligibility by the time they’ll host the WC.

      Having said that, we expected Qatar to benefit similarly but they never really managed to produce players to that level.

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        Qatar did achieve absolutely remarkable success for a nation their size in the AFC competitions though. They just never put it together for a World Cup appearance.

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        Honestly, you can expect anything from a government that executed a journalist by first barbecueing him and then boiling him in acid

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        Maybe. Saudi being 10 times the size I’d think they maybe able to get some of their own players one day