Wednesday 22 May 2013 15:22, UK
Any attempt to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the winter could lead to legal challenges by European leagues to force a re-vote by FIFA, Bundesliga chief executive Christian Seifert has warned.
Seifert added: "Maybe because of my impressions of 2006 because this was the first time where there were public viewings and people on the street, so many English people in Germany, where it was a special atmosphere in the country. And I doubt if that could work with 48 degrees on the street. "On the one point you have to leave stadium, again. This is not the right time - summer in Qatar - to play. "It shows me which FIFA, as a body which says what's good for the game, ignores completely the day-by-day basis in those leagues who are effectively the core and the heart of football - not the tournament that comes up every four years. "The priority is always first the health of the players and this is what makes me most upset that the decision was done that ignores probably the health of the players and that ignores what is real in the game." "I'm not sure of the credibility of FIFA. Maybe first they should change the claim - because this is not for the good of the game."
