Somebody with lot of influence like Gareth Southgate needs to pick his words carefully, asserts Nasser Al Khater

With Qatar handed the 2022 World Cup by FIFA in 2010, the decision didn’t go down well with fans and critics alike especially with the country’s poor human rights record. However, that hasn’t changed in the years since especially with reports and stories coming about how they have treated the workers building the stadiums. So much so, that reports indicated several countries were considering boycotting the tournament if they were to make the cut.

"My question would be, who from the England squad has come to Qatar? My question to the coach is, has he been to Qatar? Is he basing his opinions and his public statements on what he has read? Because it is kind of an issue if you're basing your opinions and you are very vocal about that based on things you have read" Al Khater told Sky Sports.

“There are isolated cases, those are the cases that make it to the media, however, I can assure him that if he comes here and speaks to the majority of the workers, they will tell you how they put their children through university, they will tell you how they've built their houses for them and their families.

"And these are the stories that nobody hears, so I look forward to welcoming him here, I look forward to meeting him at the draw and he can listen to my opinion, he does not have to believe it, but at least he needs to go that far to understand different opinions and different cultures.