{"id":150232,"date":"2026-04-23T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150232"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:00:12","slug":"fifa-world-cup-italy-underwhelmed-by-trump-envoys-suggestion-they-should-replace-iranunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150232","title":{"rendered":"Fifa World Cup: Italy underwhelmed by Trump envoy\u2019s suggestion they should replace IranUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe suggestion that Iran should be replaced by Italy at this year\u2019s World Cup drew a mix of embarrassment and apathy from Azzurri fans on Thursday, with Italian media pointing out that the idea had a very familiar feel.<br \/>\nDonald Trump\u2019s US special envoy Paolo Zampolli told the Financial Times that he made the suggestion to the US President and Fifa head Gianni Infantino.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m an Italian native and it would be a dream to see the Azzurri \u200cat a US-hosted tournament. With four titles, they have the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/sport\/football\/article\/3351204\/fifa-world-cup-italy-underwhelmed-trump-envoys-suggestion-they-should-replace-iran?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe suggestion that Iran should be replaced by Italy at this year\u2019s World Cup drew a mix of embarrassment and apathy&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150232"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}