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Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Ayo Aikimu Lerre.

With fewer than 60 days before the World Cup begins,

that eye-watering cost of tickets remain a contentious issue.

So, will this be the most expensive football tournament ever?

And if so, who is this World Cup actually for?

All right, in with us for this one.

We've got the Athletics Adam Crafton.

We've got Matt Slater.

We've also got Henry Bushnell as well.

So, gents, let's start with this.

And I'm talking at the cost of the World Cup.

Adam Henry, you're both based in the USA.

Is the World Cup fever gripping the country yet?

We'll start with you, Henry.

I would say no, in part because nothing really grips the United States more than a week before it happens or as it's happening.

But no, there's definitely not an excitement for this. The excitement among sports fans right now is for the NBA playoffs and

for the Masters, which just happened this past weekend. The vast majority of headlines around the

World Cup, the thing that a random person knows who you meet on a Saturday

morning is ticket prices and the peace prize that Gianni and Vatino gave Donald Trump. Those are

kind of the things that the average person knows. I wouldn't say they're that excited about the

football just yet. Oh, yeah. I was really surprised there wasn't much activation in New York, Adam. I don't know

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