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FIFA/UEFA corruption?
Surely not
Platini Arrested
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 01:57 PM
monte, on 18 June 2019 - 01:40 PM, said:
Exactly....Qatar is an absolute joke.Disrupting European football season.Massive back-handers involved from some very rich sheikhs.We've all suspected it.He's as bent as the other one,Blatter
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 02:28 PM
it should never have been there for a whole host of reasons. If only there was a country (or close countries) with a plethora of top class stadia & decent infrastructure who could quickly take it off their hands for summer 2022....
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 02:52 PM
Phil V 72, on 18 June 2019 - 02:28 PM, said:
it should never have been there for a whole host of reasons. If only there was a country (or close countries) with a plethora of top class stadia & decent infrastructure who could quickly take it off their hands for summer 2022....
To be fair, both Australia and USA lost out to Qatar - and both have the infrastructure to do it if they did take it off of Qatar
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 04:16 PM
Cartman, on 18 June 2019 - 02:52 PM, said:
To be fair, both Australia and USA lost out to Qatar - and both have the infrastructure to do it if they did take it off of Qatar
Aren’t USA jointly holding the next one? Australia might be a go-er but not sure what their stadium provision is like in terms of number of stadia available.
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 06:14 PM
Phil V 72, on 18 June 2019 - 04:16 PM, said:
Aren’t USA jointly holding the next one? Australia might be a go-er but not sure what their stadium provision is like in terms of number of stadia available.
Plenty of Rugby/Aussie Rules/Cricket stadia that could be used
"Do you think I'm here for your amusement" & good riddance to bad rubbish
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 06:47 PM
Unless Amnesty say there has been dramatic improvement in Qatar by 2022, I'm not watching a minute of that World Cup if it goes ahead there.
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 07:03 PM
Siberian Spireite, on 18 June 2019 - 06:47 PM, said:
Unless Amnesty say there has been dramatic improvement in Qatar by 2022, I'm not watching a minute of that World Cup if it goes ahead there.
I had two separate days there in February & March, stop overs on flight to Oz, wouldn't be in a rush to go back, didn't appeal much at all apart from the weather and that's without the politics and human rights abuses
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 07:37 PM
Englands chances of hosting the 2022 World cup have been slashed by the bookies,should Qatar have them taken off them,so i read today.
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 08:06 PM
Cartman, on 18 June 2019 - 09:05 AM, said:
as part of the investigation into the awarding of the World Cup to Qatar
FIFA/UEFA corruption?
Surely not
FIFA/UEFA corruption?
Surely not
Has he been arrested or just assisting with enquiries.
God I hate this league.
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 08:09 PM
DIFH, on 18 June 2019 - 08:06 PM, said:
Has he been arrested or just assisting with enquiries.
Taken into custody
https://www.theguard...ld-cup-to-qatar
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 08:15 PM
DIFH, on 18 June 2019 - 08:06 PM, said:
Has he been arrested or just assisting with enquiries.
media outlets saying arrested. police source later confirmed te arrest. platini lawyers says helping with their enquiries. must have been keen to help as two coppers were making sure he got there as quick as possible.
hes corrupt. just served a ban from football & hopefully this one will lead to court & jail.
shame as he was a cracking player.
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 08:26 PM
An Australian World Cup would be amazing imo
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 08:29 PM
I think it’s a minor scandal that we’ve not had a World Cup since 1966 - let’s hope that rumoured home nations bid in 2030 comes off
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 08:39 PM
moondog, on 18 June 2019 - 07:03 PM, said:
I had two separate days there in February & March, stop overs on flight to Oz, wouldn't be in a rush to go back, didn't appeal much at all apart from the weather and that's without the politics and human rights abuses
One of the few places to have a worse human rights record than Mordor.
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 08:58 PM
Spitfire, on 18 June 2019 - 07:37 PM, said:
Englands chances of hosting the 2022 World cup have been slashed by the bookies,should Qatar have them taken off them,so i read today.
No way FIFA would take it off them, the financial fall out, claims etc from Qatar would banqrupt them.
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Posted 18 June 2019 - 09:00 PM
Phil V 72, on 18 June 2019 - 08:29 PM, said:
I think it’s a minor scandal that we’ve not had a World Cup since 1966
In one way yes though there's only been 13 world cups since 66 and there's a lot more big countries than that
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Posted 19 June 2019 - 07:47 AM
Mr Mercury, on 18 June 2019 - 08:58 PM, said:
No way FIFA would take it off them, the financial fall out, claims etc from Qatar would banqrupt them.
Probably why the Russia investigation was dropped too
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Posted 19 June 2019 - 08:31 AM
Spire-Power, on 18 June 2019 - 09:00 PM, said:
In one way yes though there's only been 13 world cups since 66 and there's a lot more big countries than that
Yes but not necessarily with the stadiums and infrastructure, Germany & Mexico have had it twice since, the latter having part of 2026 too
