Scudamore has denied Triesman's claims the Premier League's support for the ill-fated bid hinged on the FA backing their proposals for a 39th game in places as far flung as Sydney and Beijing, which were first mooted more than three years ago.

The FA rejected the plan amid fears it could harm the World Cup bid.

However, Scudamore has reiterated his insistence the two were not linked and told Sky Sports News: "He (Lord Triesman) completely missed timings on that.

"The fact is we were right in at the very beginning - in fact, before the very beginning, when the Government was talking about bidding for the World Cup.

"We were absolutely involved in that and we were very supportive of that.

"Nothing, from the start of this to the end, did the Premier League do to not support the idea of England hosting the World Cup.

"However, I have to be very candid and say that's not the same thing as we were always 100% supportive of the way Lord Triesman was actually going about doing that.

"That's a separate issue altogether because he was doing things in a way which, perhaps, we would have done things differently.

"But there was absolutely no link at all between the international round and our support for the bid."

Meanwhile, both Tottenham and Leyton Orient are mounting legal challenges after West Ham won the right to move to the Olympic Stadium.

Scudamore, though, is unconcerned and is confident the move complied with Premier League rules.

"We are very confident that we followed our rules and due process was done. But I can't publicly comment on any of that in any detail."

Despite relegation, West Ham are committed to the move to Stratford, of which Scudamore added: "Obviously the move to the stadium is a very long-term project.

"I'm sure that the owners of West Ham have very short-term aims to get back to the Premier League, within a season, and therefore you can't make long-term decisions based on an immediate relegation.

"Surely the move to the stadium is part of a long-term plan, as is establishing themselves again as a successful Premier League club."

While the Hammers will not be among the 20 top-flight clubs next term, QPR will be.

Rangers were confirmed as npower Championship title-winners on May 7 after the FA revealed the club will not face a points deduction.

Scudamore admitted all parties involved wished the outcome into the FA hearing regarding alleged third-party ownership at QPR had been better timed.

The conclusions were announced on the final day of the season with QPR confirmed as champions after they escaped losing points.

He said: "Everybody, including the FA, wishes it had all happened quicker and sooner and if there's anything to be learnt from processes, I think that's absolutely right.

"It's one of the difficulties with sanctioning, especially if there's any sniff of points deduction being involved, that is a rather clumsy instrument given where the timings are in a season.

"It's very, very difficult."

Scudamore also denied claims by UEFA that Liverpool came close to going bust following the Tom Hicks/George Gillett era.

He said: "We were intimately involved in that process. We knew exactly what was going on at every turn and I absolutely know that they weren't close to going under per se."