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It's now just 45 days until the start of World Cup 2022, but is Qatar ready to host it?

And what are the challenges and possible knock on effects for the club competitions and even the

January transfer window. I'm Mark Chapman, this by Max Later and Phil Buckingham who both written a piece

that asked the question if Qatar is really ready to host the World Cup so for a

podcast with the same title they were the perfect guess to book.

Here we go again Matt, don't we? I mean it isn't this isn't I mean I can't remember

how many tournaments you've covered I'd go I myself go all the way back to Euro 2000 in the Netherlands and Belgium

I think every every does we know at the stage where every tournament has the same questions asked of it.

Every major event, Olympics, world champs.

Yeah, there's always around this time,

you know, questions asked about accommodation, transport, security.

It's not a surprising checklist and it's got to be done and it's essential.

And in the past there would always be each venue would have a kind of Achilles heel like an obvious problem and that would be the focus

I think the thing about Qatar is because it's such an unusual World Cup, it's an unusual venue

So great unknown.

Their tagline is a World Cup like any other.

The question's a bit more generalized, they're sort of like, well, it's all of them, right?

We're a bit unsure of all of them.

We know you've had a long time to prepare.

We know you've got a long time to prepare, we know you've got a good budget, great budget, and you've hired a lot of great consultants from around the world.

We've asked you these questions for a long time and you've given us answers.

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