London, July 29 (ANI): FIFA boss Sepp Blatter has said he will reconsider the prospects for Qatar hosting the 2022 World Cup, if any evidence of corruption emerges from ongoing investigations.
The FIFA president also admitted that there is a 'possibility' of the tournament switching to the winter if people ask for the change to avoid the dangerously high temperatures in Qatar in June and July.
Blatter's decision not to rule out either option follows the suspicion, led by German football chief Theo Zwanziger and sponsors Adidas, who questioned how Qatar was awarded the competition in the first place, The Daily Mail reports.
'We are not touching now the Qatar World Cup. But we are going step by step into the matters," Blatter was quoted, as saying.
"And, if somewhere through this committee of solutions, they should say we have to look at that, then we will do that. It's too easy to say we should re-open things. Zwanziger knows he has to first come to FIFA with the evidence. Sponsors have no influence. What they want is to be associated with FIFA," he added.
On a winter World Cup, Blatter also said that the football, governing body was still considering the exact programme of the 2022 World Cup.
"The basic is that it will be played in June and July. But we are not yet in the exact programme there," Blatter said.
"A change is a possibility, but it's not my decision. It has to come from the Qataris to ask to change something. For the time being, they haven't done that," he added. (ANI)
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