Nine years 'plenty of time' to prepare for winter World Cup, FIFA VP claims

The vice-president of FIFA, Jim Boyce, has told the Premier League it would have more than enough time to prepare for a winter World Cup in Qatar.

Nine years 'plenty of time' to prepare for winter World Cup, FIFA VP claims

The vice-president of FIFA, Jim Boyce, has told the Premier League it would have more than enough time to prepare for a winter World Cup in Qatar.

With concerns about temperatures in the summer of 2022 going north of 50 degrees in Qatar, a number of the game’s leading figures have called for a switch to the winter.

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