Stoke City are ready to financially commit to England's World Cup bid.

The Daily Mail says it is understood that other members of the richest league in the world would follow suit and provide £250,000 each towards replacing the £5million that the Government promised the 2018 team but never delivered.

The highly respected Stoke owner Peter Coates, who sits on the FA international committee, said: "It is very important for football in this country that we host the 2018 World Cup and the Premier League should do all they can to help. I would be happy to contribute with monetary assistance and I'm sure other clubs would do the same."