Dunphy: December World Cup proposal 'surreal'

The prospect of the Qatar World Cup being played in November and December 2022 is "a recipe for chaos", according to RTÉ analyst Eamon Dunphy.

Next month will see FIFA make a final decision on the exact dates for the 2022 World Cup, with unconfirmed reports that the final could be played as late as 23 December.

Speaking to RTÉ, Dunphy again described Qatar as "bizarre place to even contemplate playing a World Cup" and highlighted the effect of any winter tournament on domestic European leagues and the Champions League.

European leagues provided 75% of all players at the most recent World Cup

"Somebody is going to have to stop it ... This is surreal. It's mad."

"You're talking about closing down European football for three months, maybe longer," Dunphy stressed.

"Players will be in camp a month before the tournament starts. After the tournament, they would have to have a rest period, possibly for a month.

"It will lead to a decimation of all the domestic leagues and the Champions League. Playing catch-up, thereafter, will be difficult to achieve. Competitions could spill over to the next season. It's a recipe for chaos and it makes no sense.

"Somebody is going to have to stop it. There is even talk about the final being played 23 December. This is surreal. It's mad."

Regarding FIFA, Dunphy has little respect for the organisation, but hopes that change might come about if president Sepp Blatter is voted out of office in May.

"FIFA is a law onto itself," he says.

"It is a private club who own the franchise for football everywhere in the world. It is run by Sepp Blatter who has had many allegations made against him over the decades.

"The Sunday Times investigation into this bid revealed serious allegations of corruption - allegations that were pretty convincing.

"FIFA were forced to appoint an American lawyer Michael Garcia to conduct an independent investigation. He did, but his findings have not been published and they are believed, by him, to have been altered.

"I don't know whether change will come about to alter the decision to have the World Cup in Qatar.

One of the candidates looking to end Blatter's reign as FIFA supremo is former Portuguese star Luis Figo, who has proposed to expand the World Cup.

"Luis Figo has talked about expanding the World Cup to get in more nations. That's one of the ways of acquiring power
We know that absolute power corrupts absolutely. I think FIFA is a case in point.

"What is also disturbing and distressing is the backing from Michel Platini (UEFA president). Qatar have strong links to the French government, particular to the government of Nicolas Sarkozy.

"There is a big back story here. I don't imagine for a moment that the European League will not resist this.

"The Qatar tournament will have very little credibility."

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