Michel Platini says holding Qatar World Cup in January is possible

[Matty]

what a joke!!

"controversial" decision to award them the bid anyway, and to actually host it a change of tradition.

if it gets changed countries should boycott the thing!

 

[mickiac]

Simply air conditioning in stadiums?

Buildings for exhausted fans?

They dont think like this very much

 

[Dunc]

Do it.

Only because my birthday is in January and I want a reason to spoil myself.

Although personally I will be suprised if I am still alive by 2022.

 

[Terminator152]

Considering the current situation we're in here, it's definitely worth discussing to move the WC. Lots of changes at the playing schedules would need to be made but it's better than to let so much money simply get wasted on getting those coolers for the stadiums.

 

[alicwkd]

So is Platini basically admitting they didn't even think about that before? 2 weeks later and already he is saying that the world cup should be moved, because they didn't take into account the climate.

No way they should change a tournement that has so much history and tradition of always being played in July, purely to cater for the needs of a country that shouldn't have even got the World Cup. Instead Qatar need to build domed or conditioned stadiums, otherwise it's simply going to be too hot for players to be at their best.

 

[Nick.]

Yes, I don't see why it shouldn't be

 

[goonergun435]

FFS
Next well prob see the winter olympics being hosted in the summer cos its too cold

 

[*JK*]

I wonder what the FA and Premier League people would think of this?, The prem, fa cup and carling cup getting serverly delayed just because they pick the wrong country.

 

[Cal.]

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FIFA president Sepp Blatter says he expects 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be staged in the winter

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