No more lies, this is the reason why Anfield was not considered as a venue for Euro 2028

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) designated the future venues of the European Football Championship in which Great Britain and Ireland will be the organisers of Euro 2028, which will be the first time that five nations will share the tournament, as it should be remembered that in football England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, which form the United Kingdom, participate as independent countries. In this way the whole of British football will be present in the most important tournament of European countries at national team level. In this case the cities proposed to include matches are Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Newcastle. All have sufficient infrastructure to host the tournament, which from next year will be played with 24 teams.

While the 2032 host city will go to Italy and Turkey in a decision by European football's governing body's executive committee that has been described as a way of satisfying the wishes of all stakeholders, as Italy was to be the winner of the host city, but Turkey had bid for 2028. In the end, the two joined forces to ensure that the Turks will also take part in the tournament as organisers. This choice is a beneficial situation for both nations, but a bit unusual for UEFA, as the shared venues that had been chosen so far were areas that were geographically very close to each other, a situation that will change a bit in this edition as these nations are a bit further apart unlike previous shared venues in history such as Ukraine and Poland or Belgium and the Netherlands.

The distance between Italy and Turkey is just over two hours, which by European standards is a bit far away. Thus, the next host cities for next year's European Championship in Germany have been defined. The qualification rounds are already underway and 24 countries will qualify for the summer tournament, which promises a good level of football thanks to the nations that will take part.

Why won't it be played at Anfield?

It is striking that despite being one of the largest stadiums in England and especially in Liverpool, Anfield was not considered for the European Championship venues, but there is an explanation. According to various reports, Liverpool have refused and continue to refuse entry to journalists from The Sun to their press conferences and the FA have said that as long as this continues they will not have national team matches. This all stems from the #Hillsborough disaster in which The Sun published lies and withheld evidence in support of investigations against Liverpool supporters. The Club has said that if they don't have national team games then so be it.