The World Cup is going to Qatar, that is for sure. And you get the feeling they know it.
As the event moves closer, leading local figures in the organisation of World Cup 2022 do not appear to feel the need to be as conciliatory as they might have been when kick-off was a long way away.
Responding to Gareth Southgate’s comments that he thought it was a "great shame" that LGTBQ+ followers of England might not feel safe to travel to the World Cup, Nasser Al Khater, chief executive of Qatar 2022, said: “Somebody with a lot of influence such as Southgate, somebody with a big audience that listens to what he has said, has got to pick his words carefully.”
