The English Federation (FA) is not releasing pressure on FIFA on the still unresolved question of the date of the 2022 Football World Cup in Qatar. David Bernstein, the former boss of the FA, suggested that it would be fairer and wiser to hold new elections to determine the host country of the event, rather than considering moving it to winter. “Qatar has submitted a bid for a World Cup in the summer,” explains the former British leader. At the time, FIFA decided to award the 2018 World Cup and the 2022 World Cup during the same election. It was a mistake, everyone knows it and regrets it. »
— Published on August 19, 2013
