Qataris are to soccer what Jamaicans are to skiing

WHOSE idea was it to hold the 2022 World Cup in a little place the size of Connecticut with temperatures hotter than inside your oven? Whose idea was it to hold the world’s biggest football event, synonymous with lager, lager, lager, in a place that doesn’t do alcohol?

Only the Sahara or the South Pole would be less suitable for the World Cup than the very small, very rich, very determined Qatar.

At least they must have a longstanding, world-class reputation within the game? They might be small, and hot, and unsuitable, but they are to football what Wales is to rugby?