FAI: World Cup date confusion 'damaging to FIFA'

FAI chief executive John Delaney has said that the saga over the final date for the 2022 World Cup has been "damaging" to FIFA.

FAI: World Cup date confusion 'damaging to FIFA'

FAI chief executive John Delaney has said that the saga over the final date for the 2022 World Cup has been "damaging" to FIFA.

Delaney was speaking after

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He said it should have been clear from the outset when the World Cup would take place, and that the whole episode has damaged FIFA's reputation.

"My take is that it will take place," he said.

"Yeah, it's been damaging to FIFA - of course it has.

"It's the lack of clarity. If you say: 'We're giving the World Cup to Qatar, we're playing it in November and December' at the start, people know.

"But when you say: 'We're giving it to Qatar and we're going to study now when it's going to be played' - and it goes on for years - that's the damage that's done.

"And it has been damaging to FIFA as a brand, yeah, definitely"

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