Graeme Souness used the actions of Britain in parts of the world, including Ireland, as an example of some hypocrisy over the World Cup taking place in Qatar as debate continues to rage over whether the tournament should have gone to the country due to its human rights record.
The Rangers and Scotland legend said the UK are “not perfect” as he weighed into the row of the World Cup taking place in the Middle East given the thousands of deaths of migrant workers and anti-gay laws. Working for ITV alongside Irishman Roy Keane, Souness said when quizzed on the matter: “Can I just say we’re not perfect as well in our history. We’re not perfect," said the Scot. You know the British haven’t been perfect in many parts of the world and including in Roy’s country. We’ve been far from perfect.”
Souness was speaking before Saudi Arabia pulled off one of the greatest shocks in World Cup history with a win over Argentina, who are among the favourites to lift the trophy in Doha on December 18. And he said: "They'll be praying that the football will make it a great tournament and people won't be talking about (sportswashing and human rights issues) going forward.
