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He adds that he does not think that this truce will last and that it will end sooner or later: "This war won't end with a ceasefire, it will end with the fall of this regime. And the regime does not stand a chance."

Mr Walker said the council is "putting all of its feelers out" to "try and raise the money it can to stand a chance at bidding".

Iran, for example, have already qualified for the 2026 World Cup, while the likes of Haiti, Sudan and Venezuela also stand a chance of qualifying.

"We have drained an awful lot of their wetland habitat, forced them into linear ditches where we find them now, and then the biggest problem is the American mink, an invasive species that was let out and released from pens and they just turned out to be the perfect water vole predators. The water voles don't stand a chance, really."

For Chávez Sr., if his son continues to train the way he has seen him lately, the American doesn’t stand a chance.