David Beckham believes the 2022 World Cup should be held in Qatar

[Pavilionaire]

I like Beckham but he's got this so so wrong. A World Cup in Qatar is symbolic of the endemic corruption in FIFA and the fans don't want it. Moreover, I'm sure by 2022 FIFA will have been replaced with another more democratic body and I wouldn't want that body to be saddled with this white elephant relic of a corrupt past regime.

Ironically, if not Qatar then in all probability it would be the USA instead, in which case that would dovetail very nicely with Beckham's plans for his own US soccer franchise in Miami. Has he actually thought this through?

 

[Triggaaar]

But of course it's not "bringing football to new countries" really is it as Qataris have very little interest in the sport? The total population of the country is only 1.8 million

To be fair, it would be higher if so many hadn't died on construction sites.

 

[knocky1]

To be fair, it would be higher if so many hadn't died on construction sites.

Get your drift. The migrant workers are paid slaves and are sent home when no longer needed. After the Nepalese earthquake earlier this year, the Nepalese workforce were not allowed to leave to help rebuild their homes, villages and to mourn. Even without pay.
Be careful Beckham.

 

[goldstone]

Qatar really is a horrible horrible country. In every way. I lived there for 11 months very unpleasant in the early noughties.