‘Not a done deal’ – Qatar wary over 48-team World Cup
Fifa President Gianni Infantino speaks during the 70th Ordinary Congress of the CONMEBOL in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 10, 2019. — AFP pic
“There’s a feasibility study on the countries that could possibly host. So together with Fifa we’re looking into those possibilities,” Khater said in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. After winning the right to host a 32-team World Cup in 2010, in a bidding process mired in bribery allegations, the Qataris are coming under sustained pressure to switch to 48.
“Under the current environment I don’t think it’s a possibility,” he said, adding that studies were underway about the feasibility of Oman and Kuwait hosting games. The Swiss-Italian Fifa president, who may put the matter to the world body’s congress in June, said 90 per cent of football associations support the move.
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