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“The World Cup Is Not Real” Cantona attacks Qatar’s World Cup

The former France and Manchester United player is launching a powerful attack on FIFA because of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Manchester United legend Eric Cantona criticized the World Cup in Qatar this year, and the French player said that the World Cup should be awarded to countries with an opportunity to have a lasting impact and grow football among their population, both male and female. In Qatar, “there’s nothing,” he says.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Cantona considered this year’s World Cup to be unreal to him, adding that Qatar is not a football country. ”

Cantona explained: “I am not against the idea of hosting the World Cup in a country where there is potential for the development and promotion of football, such as South Africa or the United States in the 1990s, but in Qatar, the truth is that there is no such potential, there is nothing.”

The former player also criticized the way Qatar dealt with workers who built football stadiums and described it as terrible. Pointing out that the price of a World Cup in Qatar was expensive, and was paid by a large number of workers who made cities, roads and playgrounds in the middle of the desert. Thousands had died during the construction of stadiums, yet we would celebrate this World Cup.

Eric Cantona

Cantona thinks the essence of football is that it is a meritocracy but sees no signs of that in Qatari society.

He went on: ‘Personally, I will not watch it. I understand football is a business. But I thought it was the only place where everybody could have a chance. And I still think that young players can grow up in a very poor area – most players come from poor areas. And they become footballers and have a chance to save themselves and save their family which is great. It’s a meritocracy.

Cantona stressed that the World Cup would do little for Qatar, because it was given to them only for financial reasons.

Blatter

According to the Daily Mail, FIFA are anticipated to bank more than £3billion from a major football’s event like World Cup.

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