Lord Triesman, the FA chairman who led England’s bid until he was forced out in a newspaper sting, later told a Commons select committee that Warner had asked ￡2.5m towards an education centre in Trinidad and also sought cash to purchase the rights to televise the World Cup in Haiti.
Warner began the campaign as an opponent of England’s bid, saying “nobody in Europe likes England”. As the FA courted him, sending an England team to play a friendly in Trinidad and taking David Beckham on an ambassadorial visit, his attitude softened and he played the various bidders for both tournaments off against one another for his patronage.
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