A member of Fifa yesterday revealed that the 2022 World Cup will not be held in Qatar due to the dangerously high temperatures in the summer.

Since the Middle Eastern country was awarded the tournament, concerns have been raised about the playing conditions, where temperatures can exceed 50°C.

And Fifa executive committee member Theo Zwansiger thinks that the World Cup will be moved, possibly to a European country in the winter.

“I personally think that in the end the 2022 World Cup will not take place in Qatar,” said the German.

“Medics say that they cannot accept responsibility with a World Cup taking place under these conditions.”

Qatar has allayed fears about the heat and still believes that a summer World Cup is still an option with cooling technologies being developed for stadiums, training areas and fan zones. But there is still concern over the players’ and visiting supporters healths.

Not to mention the fact that Fifa still has not addressed concerns over Qatar’s dire record on workers’ rights.

“They may be able to cool the stadiums but a World Cup does not take place only there,” Zwanziger said.

“Fans from around the world will be coming and travelling in this heat and the first life-threatening case will trigger an investigation by a state prosecutor.

“That is not something that Fifa Exco members want to answer for.”

The idea is to move the summer tournament to the winter to avoid the heat but domestic leagues around the world are against the idea as could severely disrupt the leagues schedule — the 2021-22 season and the ones either side at a minimum.

On top of the heat problems, Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Fifa and Qatar World Cup organisers are having to fend off questions over corruption. 

The 350-page report and 200,000 pages of evidence that has been compiled will be never be published according to Fifa ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert, which triggered fury among campaigners who had hoped for increasing transparency at the footballing body.