Premier League Remain Defiant Against Qatar 2022 Winter World Cup

The Premier League have rejected FIFA’s proposal to move the 2022 Qatar World Cup to the winter, saying it would be ‘neither workable nor desirable.’

FIFA have announced that a decision on the controversial subject will be made in October, with many arguing that the soaring temperatures in the Qatari summer mean the World Cup should be played in the winter.

This argument was backed by FIFA president Sepp Blatter who yesterday said the Qatar World Cup could not be in the summer.

Moving the 2022 World Cup to the winter would disrupt a number of European domestic competitions, including the English Premier League, who have now released a new comment re-affirming their stance that the tournament should be played in the summer, as per usual.

A Premier League spokesman said: “The Premier League position remains unchanged. The prospect of a winter World Cup is neither workable nor desirable for European domestic football.”

A FIFA spokesman said: “As mentioned by the FIFA president (Wednesday), he will bring forward the matter of playing the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar in winter to the FIFA executive committee on the occasion of their next meeting scheduled for October 3 and 4, 2013.

“This matter will now be with the executive committee and we can therefore not comment further before the meeting has taken place.”

On Wednesday Blatter said: “If this World Cup is to become a party for the people, you can’t play football in the summer.

“You can cool down the stadiums but you can’t cool down the whole country.”

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