Ireland’s Euro 2020 aspirations to be raised

The prospect of Ireland hosting games at a radically reshaped Euro 2020 will be raised tonight in discussions between FAI chief executive John Delaney and Uefa President Michel Platini.

Platini will be in Dublin to present a special fans’ award at tonight’s friendly against Greece to the family of James Nolan, the 21-year-old Irish supporter who tragically lost his life in Poland during the European Championship finals this summer.

The Uefa president’s plans for a radically reshaped, multi-host Euro finals in 2020 come in the wake of this year’s formal expression of interest in co-hosting the tournament by Ireland, Scotland and Wales.