McCarthy says Qatar World Cup plan is ‘crazy’
Saturday 18th December 2010, 11:11AM GMT.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s proposal to play the 2022 World Cup in Qatar during January has provoked a mixed reaction from Premier League managers.
Wolves manager Mick McCarthy branded it “nonsense” and Blackpool boss Ian Holloway as “crazy”, but Chelsea’s Carlo Ancelotti and West Ham’s Avram Grant are in favour of the change.
Qatar has temperatures reaching 50 degrees C in June/July but changing the date of the World Cup would have major implications for domestic competitions in Britain and the rest of Europe.
McCarthy said: “I think it’s stupid and I think the more airtime he (Blatter) gets, he makes it worse for himself.
“Taking the World Cup around the globe is one thing, but taking it to a place that’s 50 degrees in the summer, or whatever it is, is nonsense.
“Then saying ‘we’ll all shut our leagues and play in the winter’ is even more nonsense.
“I await the next instalment next week and I can boot that into touch as well.”
Holloway was also bitterly opposed, saying: “It’s gone crazy — I think the world has gone completely on its head.
“We’ll just change everything because their weather is really hot.
“I’m going to go home and tell my turkeys ‘It’s not Christmas.’”
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Fine Sepp Do you really think the domestic game in England will be disrupted because of your crazy world cup plans? Get real. You’ll just get to see the England reserves mate.
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