The Netherlands head coach Louis van Gaal has said it is ‘ridiculous’ that the 2022 World Cup is being held in Qatar ,and accused Fifa of taking the tournament to the Middle Eastern country for ‘money and commercial interests’.
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WORD.
These guys all know the business. Why they come out like this to score points with the media surprises me.
FIFA get a bucketload of money. Qatar gets to sportwash their authoritarian regime. Everyone is a winner.
# stop racism #
And the russian word cup ?
boycott Qatar World Cup. Do not travel there. Totally corrupt
Facts.
Ah Van Gaal taking Dutch directness to the next level he is right though
let's face it, he's right
Qatar should NEVER have been awarded the 2022 WC or ANY WC for the matter.
He is Spot ON!!!
The FifA executive committee should have opened a new bidding process after Sepp Blatter was rightfully forced to resign. There was only a small % chance of that crook winning another term.
Qatar is still fine, but US? Their "concept" of football is different from other country, yet this UEFA expertise didnt say a thing about it lol
Fifa is about business for sure and politics, however, this has gone on for every world cup of the modern era, wherever they decided to host it, Europe, America, Africa, or Asia. Why single out Qatar though? It's not about the weather though.
After Blatter was convicted of corruption, the decision to award the World Cup to Qatar should’ve been rescinded. They stopped reporting the death toll of workers building the stadiums because it was too high
Lets face it, its racism speaking .
Exploiting people's lack of knowledge about a place and culture that they have not heard before to spread lies and inaccuracies is a stronger expression of the racism and hatred nothing more
So why big teams like england, brazil and spain boycott the world cup in qatar?? I am sure these teams does not have balls to do that.
agreed money takes out the passion from the sport
IF we assume he has a point (which is not the case) how is that different from USA in 1994
who – until this day – have no clue about football whatsoever
All these footballers taking the knee then playing in Qatar …..do I need to say it!
the most Dutch man ever
Blah blah balh haters gonna still hate while Qatar is growing and becoming the next Dubai in our region🇶🇦 YALLA QATAR!
6500 foreign workers have died building the stadiums in Qatar. Arabs treat workers from poor countries horribly.
respect
That's a racist remark
More workers have died building those stadiums in Qatar than the number of U.S soldiers killed on Omaha Beach during the D-Day landings (3000 soldiers killed, the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan depicts).
Boycottt fifa world cup 2022 QATAR!!!!
More than 6.000 workers were dead during building infrastructures for world cup 2022: stadiums, hotels, airports, roads, etc. Many of the workers did not get their pay.
Shame on you QATAR!!!
Shame on you ARABIC countries!!!
Facts
He is spot on.
Qatar has a lot of modern slavery
Respect Van Gaal for speaking out
Louis van Gaal’s army! Sir yes Sir!
He's Donald Trump of football
Yes Louis 😂
Your ancestors invaded and killed millions of people in indonesia for 350 years….dont be self righteous…..look at the mirror before talking…very typical…
Naah people are just pressed that the World Cup bid is won by an Arab country thats it because Europe and Australia are the last the ones to talk about human rights and freedom.
All these west countries are going on about work rights, but at the same time, they have all got big companies in 3rd world countries doing the same thing, just blows my mind on the double standards
Are there any Dutch speaking users who can collaborate the subtitles as being that is what he is saying