Graeme Souness has said Britain's track record has been far from 'perfect' and pointed out the country's past treatment.
Souness was on ITV alongside Roy Keane and the pair discussed the World Cup being in Qatar.
Keane, who has not shied away while appearing on punditry duties for the World Cup.
And Keane said: "The World Cup shouldn’t be here, it’s been mentioned about corruption regarding FIFA.
"You’ve got a country here the way they treat migrant workers, gay people and I think it’s great it’s been brought up, they shouldn’t have a World Cup here, they can’t treat people like that.
"We love football, soccer and we want to spread the game but just to dismiss human rights flippantly because of football, it’s not right, it shouldn’t be here."
And Souness also spoke passionately and said: ""Football is such a vehicle for good and bad. The sports washing that’s going on in our own country, Newcastle, there’s no way the Saudi’s should have Newcastle United - nowhere near it. But it’s not an ideal world, the Saudi’s have been invested in our country for decades, they’ve infiltrated every level of our country.
"Football has such a profile now, Saudi see it, Abu Dhabi see it, America see it, it’s a chance to improve whatever brand they’re involved in. Right now it’s a good news story about Manchester City, that brand, Man City and other teams they have bought it’s only good news about them.
"I suppose Qatar will look upon Abu Dhabi with a bit of jealousy and they’ll be hoping after this tournament… it’s in their hands to improve workers rights, in their hands to improve diversification of the country.
"The LGBTQ community won’t go quietly, they’ll be on it all the time after the World Cup and that’s the risk they’ve taken, they’ve highlighted the problems within this country and people will be on them for the foreseeable future, if not forever."
And Souness added: "Can I just say we're not perfect as well in our history. We're not perfect, the British have not been perfect in many different parts of the world and including in Roy's country. We've been far from perfect."
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