Although average attendance at matches dropped from last year’s 2,900 to 2,500 this year, the 160 billion forint (EUR 517m) stadium construction scheme, including the “mistaken enlargement” of the Puskás Ferenc Stadium, continues, he said.

Szigetvári said the money should rather be spent on education, training young athletes, building gyms and pools as well as raising the wages of teachers and coaches.

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