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UEFA president Michel Platini has called for the 2022 World Cup to be played across the whole of the Arabian Gulf rather than just in Qatar.
His call is likely to fuel the controversy sparked by FIFA president Sepp Blatter saying he expected the tournament to be played in the winter - neither proposal was suggested during last year's World Cup bidding. Platini has also labelled English football administration as "strange" but denied that resentment at Britain's special status within FIFA led to England's humiliating 2018 World Cup defeat.See the full content of this document
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Platini Proposes Gulf World Cup Rather Than Just Qatar
He told reporters at UEFA's headquarters: "I hope it will be a World Cup of the Gulf. It could be the World Cup of Qatar but played in th...
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