Jack Warner blames 'media insults' for England 2018 bid failure

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Three days before the vote, BBC's Panorama programme accused three FIFA members of bribery and also alleged FIFA vice-president Warner tried to supply ticket touts.

The programme followed the Sunday Times investigation which saw six FIFA senior officials banned for a number of offences including corruption.

Warner said: "Suffice it to say that the FIFA ExCo as a body could not have voted for England having been insulted by their media in the worst possible way at the same time. To do so would have been the ultimate insult [to FIFA]."

Warner's support was key to England's hopes - in his role as president of the CONCACAF federation of Caribbean, north and central American countries he controlled three votes.

England 2018 insiders say Warner had promised to support them in the days leading up to the vote in Zurich last Thursday.

Bid leaders do not believe the media coverage was the reason for England securing only two of the 22 FIFA members' votes last week, but a number of members have insisted that was the case including Cyprus' Marios Lefkaritis, Japan's Junji Ogura and now Warner.