Soccer:FAI chief executive John Delaney is confident that a three-way bid involving Scotland and Wales to host Euro 2020 is viable, albeit with the help of both the IRFU and the GAA.

Speaking on RTÉ radio today, Delaney pointed out that the availability of Croke Park, and possibly Thomond Park, would be required as the tournament, which will involve 24 teams, would require nine of 10 stadiums.

“In total you need nine or 10 so that’s do-able,” said Delaney. “We’d be depending on the support of the GAA and the IRFU, if you were to look at Thomond Park as another stadium. So of course you would and that’s something you can’t presume either.

“In fairness the GAA were great with the opening of Croke Park. I rang Páraic Duffy the other morning, my counterpart in the GAA, just to tell him that this was hitting the headlines. He appreciated the call, it was only a courtesy call. But we’ve gone no further with the GAA, or the IRFU with Thomond Park.”

Delaney admitted that Scotland instigated the idea of a co-hosting arrangement and that Uefa officials had welcomed the idea when discussions took place at last week’s Europa League final in Bucharest.

“I took soundings from the top Uefa people. They said ‘listen we’d love if you expressed an interest because we want a bidding process’. Turkey at that stage were the only country looking at bidding,” added Delaney.

“At this stage it’s Georgia, Turkey and ourselves have expressed an interest. Because of that, anybody else can enter a bid. So the Germans, the English or anybody else can enter a bid.

“So it’s early days. I want to see, who else would bid. If one of the bigger countries come in would we have a chance of doing it. Is the bid feasible, could it be done? Yes, it could between ourselves, Scotland and Wales. Would it be a winning bid? That’s something you have to wait and see as to who else gets involved.”