European football clubs are not really happy with the present situation as regards the 2022 World Cup as they have requested FIFA to give a “strong argument” for the tournament to be held in the winter.
At the SoccerEx conference in Manchester on Monday, FIFA President, Sepp Blatter who is vying for a fifth time in office revealed that it has been concluded to hold the 2022 FIFA world cup in Qatar either between January and February or November to December due to the climate of the region.
The Arabic nation earlier won the vote to host the 2022 world cup but issues with the hot weather in the summer has been causing much confusion.
With FIFA not ready to replace the host country with another suitable option, the 2022 world cup is set to be played in the winter as disclosed by the FIFA President, Sepp Blatter.
The vice-chairman of the European Clubs’ Association (ECA) has responded to the change and believes it’s unacceptable as it will change and affect the football season in Europe.
In his statement, he believes the regular football season shouldn’t be disrupted without a good reason form Football governing body, FIFA.
He also expects FIFA to come up with good and tenable reasons for them to accept restructuring the league.
In a panel meeting on Monday, Gandini and others were privileged to debate on FIFA’s decision of the 2022 world cup timing and the team believes a better alternative is to work with the technology earlier promised by the host nation Qatar for Stadia cooling.
He hammered on the use of the technology as a better option with Qatar confident of pulling it through as the technology was an important part of their bid.
The chairman of the European Clubs’ Association, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge also commented that any change that will affect the football season should be altered carefully.
He also stated that all clubs, players and leagues will have to agree and accept the current development.
Also on FIFA, the medical committee chairman Michel D’Hooghe has revealed plans for three-minute stoppages to treat players with suspected concussion which was revealed at the SoccerEx Global Convention in Manchester.
He stated that the team’s Medical doctor should be allowed to fully examine the player and also conduct a neurological examination and only the team’s doctor can give a green light if the player is fully conscious enough to play.
D’Hooge confirmed the proposal is receiving full support of necessary bodies with the recent occurrence of concussion occurring at the just concluded 2014 FIFA world cup in Brazil with Germany’s Christoph Kramer been the victim in the final against Argentina.
