Mrs O'Neil, 39, said: "It was just very disappointing that the whole thing was foreseen by so many people."

Fifa said "extensive enhancements to public transport infrastructure are foreseen" within cities, including the launch of the new metro system in Riyadh.

"This should have been foreseen by those responsible for their protection and the public's protection."

He added that the downturn in consumer spending and the scandal involving Prophecy could not have been foreseen, but that B. Riley is in “far better shape than folks give us credit for.”

No one in their right mind could have foreseen a United States president replicating the most famous journalistic error in this country’s history as a political tactic.