"The quality of the pitches in all the stadiums we have been to was truly world class," FIFA's inspection team leader Harold Mayne-Nicholls said in his closing statement on Thursday.
"The concept you are coming up with, that every single participating team would be hosted by a domestic professional team, makes perfect sense to us. It would guarantee that all the teams would be able to practice in perfect conditions."
FIFA's inspectors toured five prospective host stadiums after kicking off with a welcome at Downing Street by deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
The positive comments came just three months after England's bid appeared to have been undermined by the embarrassing David Triesman affair.
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