ESPN FC's Gab Marcotti answers what would happen if clubs fight FIFA and refuse to release their players for a winter World Cup. FIFA president Sepp Blatter has insisted the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will finish no later than Dec. 18 -- a move which could protect English football's traditional Boxing Day games. UEFA has proposed playing the final at the tournament on Dec. 23, just two days before Christmas, to lessen disruption to its own international matches. That sparked uproar in Britain as it would threaten the traditional festive club programme. Blatter, speaking for the first time since a FIFA task force confirmed November/December... http://ift.tt/1Gz5BBw
Friday, February 27, 2015
2022 World Cup final will be on or before Dec. 18, says Sepp Blatter
ESPN FC's Gab Marcotti answers what would happen if clubs fight FIFA and refuse to release their players for a winter World Cup. FIFA president Sepp Blatter has insisted the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will finish no later than Dec. 18 -- a move which could protect English football's traditional Boxing Day games. UEFA has proposed playing the final at the tournament on Dec. 23, just two days before Christmas, to lessen disruption to its own international matches. That sparked uproar in Britain as it would threaten the traditional festive club programme. Blatter, speaking for the first time since a FIFA task force confirmed November/December... http://ift.tt/1Gz5BBw
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