The 2018 World Cup in England would be a tournament to benefit the world, England bid chief executive Andy Anson has said.
Anson yesterday said farewell to the six-man team of FIFA inspectors, who concluded their four-day visit with a glowing report but with a minor question mark over accommodation.
England is perceived as the safe option in many people's eyes after the 2010 tournament in South Africa and 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
England's rivals, including Russia, have played up the prospect of football development in their campaigning, but it is something England too can offer - only on a global scale, according to Anson.
He said: "It's not about a World Cup in England - of course that would be fantastic and leave a great legacy here - but what we believe we can do and is central to our plans is to really make it a World Cup for the world."
Anson labelled the visit, which saw the inspectors visit five stadia and travel from London to the north east and to Manchester a success, but insisted the hard work and lobbying must continue in earnest with the hosts of the 2018 - expected to be in Europe - and 2022 tournaments set to be announced by FIFA president Sepp Blatter on December 2.
"Everyone knows that we've got a strong technical case, but we've got to be better than everyone else, because we have got a strong offer, a strong starting point," added Anson.
"I believe we've done that this week.
"But I'm not going to be complacent, we've got an awful lot of work to do in the next three months."
Anson insisted question marks over the availability of the required 60,000 hotel rooms would be resolved imminently, saying "it's a technical formality".
The inspector team, led by Chile Football Federation president Harold Mayne-Nicholls, will deliver their report to FIFA's 24-person executive committee in October.
The executive committee will vote on the host nation for the tournament and Anson and his 2018 bid team, led by Geoff Thompson and David Dein, will continue their charm offensive before the decision is announced.
Anson added: "We've got 98 days to get out there and convince again the 24 FIFA executive committee members that we really do deserve and can earn the right to bring the World Cup to England.
"We've got a lot of work to do, it's a competitive race, it's a tough race, we've got strong competitors and we're going to have to put our case forward strongly.
"We will be spending a lot of time with individual members of the FIFA executive committee to put our case to them again and to discuss several of the elements of our bid.
"We have a number of meetings already scheduled and that's what the 98 days are all about - this is where the campaign really starts hotting up."