Maradona attacks Qatar

CAIRO – 2 July 2017: Diego Maradona, current Fujairah manager, attacked the way Qatar became the 2022 FIFA World Cup host, Maradona believes that Qatar bribed FIFA members to win.

“Qatar must realize that Football, especially World Cup, shouldn’t be bought by bribes” Maradona told El-Etihad magazine Saturday.

Maradona, 56 years old, added “I followed the latest report by U.S. investigator Garcia and the great abuses on the Qatari side in dealing with football in this commercial way, I demand to keep football away from bribes and money laundering.”

FIFA chose Russia and Qatar to host FIFA World Cup 2018 and 2022 respectively on the same day for the first time ever.

Maradona wondered about the choosing process to organize FIFA World Cup, he said "The choosing process is doubtful, I believe that Qatar bribed many FIFA members, which appears more clearly day after day.”

Maradona advised Qatar to stop their policy, he said “Qatar should admit and correct their fault.”