Amsterdam (AP) – Holland’s bonds coach Louis van Gaal finds it “ridiculous” that the World Cup will be held in Qatar.
FIFA is not concerned with the development of football, but with money, said the national coach of the Netherlands. The 70-year-old and his team will meet Germany in a friendly in Amsterdam next Tuesday (March 29).
“I find it ridiculous that we’re going to play in a country in order – as FIFA says – to develop football there by hosting a tournament there,” said van Gaal, criticizing the World Cup (21. November to December 18) by FIFA to Qatar. It’s about money, about commercial interests. That’s what FIFA is about, said former Bayern coach van Gaal.