LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia women may be a long way away from qualifying for the women's World Cup, but a more realistic aim would be to host the tournament in the future, the country's technical director of the women's game Monika Staab told Reuters.
Staab, who had stints as a player in her native Germany, France and England, was the first coach of the newly set up Saudi Arabia women's football team in 2021 before moving to her current role in February.
"I told them that something takes time. It's like a little baby, it needs to stand up, it needs to learn how to walk... So we're talking about at least 10 years development and they're going at a very fast speed," the German told Reuters at the International Sports Convention in London. Saudi Arabia are already bidding to host the 2026 Women's Asian Cup which is due to be decided this month.
Staab, who has worked as a coach in Bahrain and Qatar, said she was not best placed to comment on the sponsorship issue but that it was important for FIFA to look at ways to help women's football in countries that were early in their development.
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