The head of the French Soccer Federation, Jean-Piere Escalettes, on Thursday squashed the idea of making a joint bid with Italy to host Euro 2016.
''We're going it alone and we're going to win,'' said Escalettes, launching the French bid.
A joint bid by France and Italy appeared on the cards this week and on Thursday French sports daily L'Equipe quoted Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) Vice President Demetrio Albertini as saying that Italy ''isn't closing any doors''.
On Monday FIGC chief Giancarlo Abete said Italy was considering a bid.
He said a bid could help start ''virtuous circles that lend confidence and investment capacity to our soccer''.
Abete said the FIGC would finalise talks on the issue before Monday, March 9, the deadline for bids.
He also pointed out that a possible bid by Italy might be favoured by Scotland and Wales having dropped their joint bid.
Italy was beaten by Poland and Ukraine in a bid to host Euro 2012 with the country's crowd policing and soccer violence problems cited as possible causes.
UEFA voted last year to expand Euro 2016 from 16 teams to 24.
