Dublin hosting Euro 2021 games at risk if fans don't return soon, FAI warn

If there isn't at least partial attendance soon, the FAI can forget about Uefa allowing them host four games at the delayed Euro finals in June

A general view of the Aviva Stadium prior to the Extra.ie FAI Cup final between Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk. If there isn't at least partial attendance soon, the FAI can forget about Uefa allowing them host four games at the delayed Euro finals in June, the FAI have warned. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

FAI chief executive Jonathan Hill has warned that the continuation of behind-closed-doors League of Ireland and international matches puts the FAI’s hosting of Euro 2021 games this summer at risk.

In a 3,600-word update to members, Hill also predicted that the government’s approach to combating Covid-19 all rules out training and matches restarting at underage and amateur levels when the current level 5 lockdown ends on March 5.