adminGENEVA. — Europe’s football clubs yesterday flagged concerns about plans to shift the 2022 World Cup to the winter to avoid host Qatar’s stifling summer heat, amid fears of havoc in their leagues.
Bayern Munich boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, head of the European Club Association, said there was major disquiet among its 214 member teams about the idea, floated by Fifa and backed by Uefa. “We would like to be involved in the decision-making process on a serious and high level. Because it is of course impacting our business, so we want to have the guarantee that we will be involved in the decision-making process,” the former Germany star told reporters as the ECA’s general assembly wrapped up in Geneva.
Sepp Blatter, president of global football’s governing body Fifa, has insisted that shifting the World Cup from its traditional months of June and July makes sense for 2022.— AFP.
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