Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez is expected to attend the 2022 World Cup in Qatar this winter.
The Blaugrana will have a 25-day break from training beginning on the 10th of November and ending on the 5th of December. As per Sport, Xavi will travel to Qatar for the final matches in the group stage, occurring at the end of November and beginning of December. He will do so as a ‘luxury guest’.
Xavi managed Qatari side Al-Sadd for two years before joining Barcelona, having finished his playing career there. In total, he spent six years in Doha.
In addition, Xavi remains an ambassador for the tournament. That is despite the numerous human rights abuses and the deaths of thousands of migrant workers involved in building the infrastructure for the World Cup, not to mention the restrictions on basic freedoms relating to sexuality. In the past, Xavi has brushed off these accusations.
Image via Neville Hopwood/Getty Images for Qatar 2022
WristWatch
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I don't know why these western countries want everybody to accept their ideology. If the people of Qatar does not approve of homosexuality I don't see anything wrong with it. They have even gone to the extent of allowing homosexuals to attend the world cup irrespective of the fact that it is against their beliefs. The media and human right activist should stop ranting against Qatar. Let them organize the tournament for the sake of football.
Hekailouy
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please it is always very important to think on the positive side and let's not dwell on propaganda related matters because Qatar is the world's new heaven and there are some institutions and States who never liked it and are bent on tarnishing the image of the country by indulging in blasphemous campaign to create tension and create chaos just because Qatar's rate of developments and global attractions and attention plus the luxury lifestyles that is far above that of Europe is creating envy and hatred towards the country..... They have the best stadiums, hotels and resorts and all kinds of shopping world and also very very wealth and cultured society who refuses to imbibe certain Western ideals like the same sex marriages and allowing women to freely expose their bodies etc.....