Australia said in a statement earlier in the day it would not make a bid for soccer's global showpiece on the day of FIFA's deadline for bids from Asia and Oceania, leaving Saudi Arabia as the sole candidate.
"Any decision I take for Australian football, I look at the strengths, the weaknesses, the opportunities and the threats," he added."When I went through that process, I realised that we could have a shot, but I think at the end, the outcome was not going to be favourable to Australia... "We think that we are positioned well ahead of both of those tournaments and if we are successful, it actually sets Australian football up for a really great 12 years," he said, referencing the 2032 Olympic Games to be held in Brisbane.
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