“How many of these European or Western business companies who earn millions from Qatar, billions, how many of them have addressed migrant workers’ rights with the authorities?'
president Gianni Infantino has accused the Western countries of “hypocrisy” and slammed the criticism towards World Cup host, Qatar during his opening speech ahead of the tournament on Saturday.
“None of them, because if you change the legislation it means less profit. But we did, and FIFA generates much less than any of these companies from Qatar.”The FIFA president spoke for nearly an hour and made a defence of the tournament and Qatar. Ahead of the World Cup, former Qatar international Khalid Salman, one of several ambassadors of the tournament starting on Sunday, named being gay “damage in the mind”.“Everyone is welcome. This was our requirement and the Qatari state sticks to that requirement.”
“Let me first assure you that every decision taken at this World Cup is a joint decision between Qatar and FIFA.
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