Weekender
pfm Member
You missed out the 5 in the middle - it's £150m.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...p-will-be-platform-for-progress-and-tolerance
world cup 2022
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https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...p-will-be-platform-for-progress-and-tolerance
paulfromcamden
Baffled
Dang! Think what that amount of money could do if he had the guts to donate it to deserving causes.
kensalriser
pfm Member
Apparently 150 million over ten years. And they'll stiff him on the rest once the World Cup's over because they'll have got what they wanted by then. Trashed his reputation and credibility. Never been the brightest, though.
narabdela
who?
Given that normal (American) Budweiser tastes like cat's piss. That would seem to be an possible improvement.
kensalriser
pfm Member
People have been raising objections ever since Qatar was mooted, it's hardly new. But now is a great time to object because it's all in the spotlight.
Spraggons Den
pfm Member
Now is too late for the hundreds of migrant workers who have already lost their lives during the building of the stadiums.
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Gingerbeard
Ayup Me Duck
Surely, someone like David Beckham would have an agent to advise him on such matters? Perhaps he did, and it was a case of take a bit of flack, it won't last long and you'll trouser a £150m
Cheese
Bitter lover
He did deliver something as a footballer, and yes, he was definitely an intelligent man when placed on a pitch. I prefer to see the money in his pockets rather than in those of another corrupt knobhead at FIFA.
Donating money is often good for tax reasons, so if even a small part of the amount goes to those in need, then why not.
Spraggons Den
pfm Member
When he’s not blackmailing teammates for money, there is no doubt he’s a class player who would trouble England when we meet France in the quarterfinals.
Did anyone watch BBC News this morning? There was a report on the finishing touches to the WC infrastructure - which seem nowhere near finished - including a quite amazing insight into a tent city that reminds me of a refugee camp; plastic tents, fans pushing warm air around, brown water, padlock security for your belongings. People paid big money for that.
Seems for all the money ploughed into this WC, the little people have been discounted - most sickeningly the migrant workers who built and died for this tournament, but also the people who have scraped together their hard earned to live in a tent for the duration.
Seems for all the money ploughed into this WC, the little people have been discounted - most sickeningly the migrant workers who built and died for this tournament, but also the people who have scraped together their hard earned to live in a tent for the duration.
webster
Listen & enjoy.
That's a good enough reason on its own to swerve it - smug bar steward.
Or beheadings.
Somafunk
pfm Member
Currently listening to a documentary on BBC World Service where they investigate the corruption regarding the award to Quatar, very good.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4lhg
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4lhg
I was surprised when I heard Qatar were in or around the top 50 in the world, and aghast with mouth open when I heard Iran were top 20!