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2018 World Cup: FIFA inspection of England's facilities ends: Closing statements; ENGLAND: Manchester: INT Members of the FIFA inspection delegation onto platform for press conference as end of inspection visit Harold Mayne-Nicholls (Head of FIFA Inspection Team) press conference SOT - Last Monday, when we arrived in London, we have told you, that we are here mainly to learn as much as possible during the upcoming days of inspection. Now, when the four day's programme comes to a conclusion, we are happy to confirm to you that we were able to learn a lot about how Football is established here, the country in general, its people and the great desire and enthusiasm to host the tournament in 2018 or 2022. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg emphasized a few times, that the government, despite any future political change, would be truly committed to organize the World Cup and would make sure that the FIFA World Cup requirements will be met. As he put it in his own words "Football is part of the glue that keeps our country together". This kind of full commitment and passion we have also seen in all cities we have been visiting. They all made very clear to us, what a World Cup would mean to their cities and that they all work closely together with their clubs and the Bidding Committee. As you know – Football is all about partnership. It was great to see, that all of the clubs are running big social projects, trying to involve as many youngsters from disadvantaged backgrounds as possible. This kind of broad approach of your program "FOOTBALL UNITED" to improve living conditions, to improve social structures – this development is very important to FIFA. The quality of the pitches in all the stadiums we have been to, was truly world class. So was the line-up of celebrities, we had the chance to meet during the past days - from coaches to former and actual world class players as well as top executive staff. But most impressive was the chance that hundreds o...