World Cup 2022: Fernandes 'not happy at all' about circumstances in Qatar

Bruno Fernandes says the World Cup should "be done successful a amended way"

Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes is "not blessed astatine all" astir the circumstances surrounding the forthcoming World Cup successful Qatar.

Qatar has been criticised for its stance connected same-sex relationships, quality rights and attraction of migrant workers earlier the tournament.

Fernandes said the World Cup "should beryllium done successful a amended way".

"We cognize the surroundings of the World Cup, what has been successful the past fewer weeks, past fewer months, astir the radical that person died connected the operation of the stadiums," the Manchester United midfielder told Sky Sports. "We are not blessed astir that astatine all."

In February 2021, the Guardian said 6,500 workers had died successful Qatar since it was named the World Cup big nation, utilizing information supplied by embassies successful the Gulf country.

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However, the Qatar authorities said the full was misleading, due to the fact that immoderate of those who died would had been surviving and moving successful the state for respective years and could person died from aged property oregon different earthy causes.

It said authoritative records amusement that betwixt 2014 and 2020, determination were 37 deaths among labourers astatine World Cup stadium operation sites, lone 3 of which were "work-related".

The International Labour Organisation said the figures were underestimated due to the fact that Qatar doesn't number deaths from bosom attacks and respiratory nonaccomplishment arsenic work-related - adjacent though these tin effect from moving successful precocious temperatures.

"It's not precisely the clip we privation to beryllium playing successful the World Cup," Fernandes, 28, added. "I deliberation for everyone, players and fans, it's not the champion time. Kids volition beryllium astatine school, radical volition beryllium moving and the timings volition not beryllium the champion for radical to ticker the games.

"We privation shot to beryllium for everyone. Everyone has to beryllium included and progressive successful a World Cup due to the fact that a World Cup is the world. It's for everyone, it doesn't substance who. These benignant of things I deliberation should not hap astatine immoderate time.

"But for a World Cup it's much than football, it's a enactment for fans, players, thing that's a joyousness to watch, and should beryllium done successful a amended way."

Denmark volition deterioration "toned down" shirts during matches astatine the World Cup successful Qatar

Fernandes' United team-mate, Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen, said helium believes "change has to travel from determination else" alternatively than players.

Denmark volition deterioration "toned down" shirts for the World Cup to protestation against hosts Qatar, with kit supplier Hummel designing a third, all-black kit, to correspond the "colour of mourning".

But Eriksen, besides speaking aft United's 2-1 triumph astatine Fulham connected Sunday, added: "A batch has been written, there's a batch of absorption connected however it's happened and wherefore it's successful Qatar. I don't hold with however it's happened, but we're footballers and we play football."