Judd Trump makes decision on moving back to UK after snooker star left 'homeless'

Judd Trump has ruled out the prospect of moving back to the UK despite being left practically homeless after fleeing his residence in the Middle East. The world's top-ranked player relocated to Dubai in early 2025 but was forced to leave the city following the outbreak of war. The area has been affected by Iran's retaliatory strikes on American military bases in the Gulf region.

In recent months, fragments from intercepted missiles have reportedly hit residential areas and there have been notable strikes at Dubai International Airport and Jebel Ali Port. Trump has been living in a hotel in Bangkok since March, with no prospect of moving back to Dubai at the moment. It seems he will remain there for the foreseeable future after dismissing the idea of returning to England.

Trump, who is currently in action at the World Snooker Championship, told SportsBoom: "I won't be moving back to the UK. Maybe I'll go somewhere different. But definitely won’t be coming back to the UK any time soon."

It's certainly been a turbulent few months for the Bristol native, who has also seen his practice disrupted because of issues with his brother's visa.

"Not before the , no," he added. Before it was a little bit difficult, I had to stay in Thailand for a month, but no, I've managed to, to practice for the world championship. It's been more back to normal."

"It's been a season for me. I think the start of the season up until, I think it was January that my brother wasn't able to come in, so I wasn't able to practise. And after period, I've been a lot more consistent and reached a lot of semi-finals and finals.

"It's been a strange season for me, a lot more going off the table than I've ever had really, but still been decent."

Trump initially spoke about his predicament during the World Open earlier this year, explaining that he was simply trying to make the best of a bad situation.

"I had to leave [Dubai] so we went to Bangkok," he said. "It's a bit up in the air at the moment. I don't really think I can go back, just in case I get stuck there. Just kind of looking for somewhere else to live.

"At the moment I'll just base myself in Bangkok. There's some good practice there and I've been very well looked after. It's just all a bit play-it-day-by-day.

"My brother was stuck in Dubai for a little bit, so that wasn't good. Luckily he's got out now and hopefully things turn around. I managed to practise in Thailand and dedicate myself like I normally would.

"It's not nice to be not at home, not knowing what you're going to do. I don't know what I'm going to do after this and stuff like that. Away from the table, just take the positives.

"It just gets a little bit more difficult because with this tournament being in China it was easier to navigate, being close by and being very close to the time zone.

"It gets more difficult when I'm going back to the UK for the next tournament and the Worlds. I don't really know where I'm going to be at that point."

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