Sepp Blatter, who served as FIFA president in 2010 when Qatar was chosen to host the 2022 World Cup, revealed that he knew from a young age that the decision had been “a mistake” and that “the choice was bad”. “. At the time, the country’s election was peppered with controversy, including allegations of corruption and human rights violations. Just like now.
“It’s too small a country. Soccer and the World Cup are too big for it,” Blatter said in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Tages Anzeiger about Qatar, which will become the first Middle Eastern country to host the tournament.
The former FIFA president confessed that the organization, in 2012, changed the selection criteria of the host countries due to concerns about working conditions ahead of the World Cup in Qatar.
“Since then, social considerations and human rights have been taken into account,” the former FIFA president said.
Despite his connection to the competition, Batter will attend the competition, which starts in less than two weeks, from his home in Zurich, Switzerland.
While at the helm of FIFA for 17 years, Blatter was the target of corruption charges. A Swiss court finally acquitted him of fraud in June, but prosecutors appealed the decision.
Source: TSF
