Well, I am sorry to say that I heard rubbish. I make apologies for getting 2014 so confused with 2018. But here, for the edification of your expertise on European tax law are the following. please fogive me if this was read in a totally unreliable source. Such is all we poor mortals have to rely upon.
World Cup 2018 officials would nutmeg UK tax - Accountancy Age
World Cup 2018: Gordon Brown makes £300m pledge to Fifa over England bid - Telegraph