Fifa Boss: Move 2022 World Cup
Updated: 7:21am UK, Saturday 10 August 2013
Fifa's president says the organisation still has enough time to switch the 2022 World Cup to the winter to avoid Qatar's intense summer heat.
Sepp Blatter said he would discuss the plans with his executive committee in October.
The move would cause major disruption to various domestic leagues around the world.
But Mr Blatter insisted: "We still have enough time.
"The executive committee will certainly follow my proposal. Then we will have dealt with the topic for good."
Summer temperatures can reach 50C (122F) in Qatar, and there are currently plans for games to be played in air-conditioned stadiums.
But there is pressure for the tournament to be moved to the winter, when temperatures reach a high of 24C (75F).
Mr Blatter said: "The Fifa World Cup must be a festival of the people. But for it to be such a festival, you can't play football in the summer.
"You can cool down the stadiums, but you can't cool down the whole country - and you can't simply cool down the ambience of a World Cup. The players must be able to play in the best conditions to play a good World Cup."
Hassan al Thawadi, the head of Qatar's organising committee, said the country was open to the move "if it's the wish of the football community".
Mr Blatter said medical information about the effects of the heat on players led to his change of heart.
"There has been a fresh medical investigation into what it would be like to play football there in the summer and we have to take into account the health, not of the spectators, but of the players," he explained.
Qatar defeated bids from South Korea, Japan, Australia and the US for the right to host the 2022 World Cup.
Speaking to Sky Germany, Mr Blatter also said Brazil might have been the wrong choice to host the 2014 World Cup if the tournament is affected by the wave of protests seen at the Confederations Cup last month.
Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets expressing their anger over the costs to stage the World Cup and demanding better public services.
"If this happens again we have to question whether we made the wrong decision awarding the hosting rights," Mr Blatter added.
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