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FIFA are recruiting for a new director’s role with a dedication to human rights as the prospect of increased Middle Eastern involvement at the top of English football looms.
A Qatari fund is in the midst of preparing a formal offer to take over at £5billion valued Manchester United, a development Sportsmail exclusively revealed last week.
Sportsmail has learned that Fifa have started interviewing for a new position to lead the organisation’s social responsibility and education portfolio – a role which will have a primary focus on human rights and discrimination.
The process is ongoing, but it is understood the organisation are now down to the final few candidates with an appointment close.
The successful applicant will play a lead role within Fifa’s work in the spectre of human rights and seek to repair the damage caused by the controversial decision to award Qatar the previous World Cup.
Fifa faced an intense backlash in the build-up to Qatar 2022 due to the host nation’s dreadful human rights record.
Thousands of migrant workers are alleged to have died whilst building the infrastructure for the tournament while homosexuality is banned in the Islamic state. – dailymail.
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