Mila Kunis: FIFA President Gianni Infantino sees No Reason why North Korea should not host a soccer World Cup

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is adamant that hosting the World Cup in North Korea is not out of the question… Totally possible.

Gianni Infantino has admitted to being open about North Korea hosting the FIFA World Cup in the future
The FIFA president believes any nation is eligible to host the biggest football festival on the face of the earth
He recently put up a strong defence for Qatar hosting the 2022 World Cup, which has been embroiled in controversy

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is open to North Korea hosting the World Cup in a bid to help ‘unite the world’.

Infantino, who is set to be re-elected to office for a third consecutive term, reckons that any nation is eligible to host the Mundial.

North Korean Soccer Team & Fans (below)

This year’s hosts, Qatar have come under serious scrutiny owing to the Middle East nation’s well-documented human rights violations and strong homophobic posture.

Addressing the furore around Qatar being the 2022 World Cup hosts, the FIFA boss – who has been steadfast in supporting the hosts – lashed out at critics while claiming that football could bring ‘real change’ to the world.

“FIFA is a global football organisation,” Infantino said as quoted by Sport Bible. “We are football people, not politicians, and we want to bring people together.”

The Swiss-born FIFA president revealed he had visited North Korea in recent years to see about the country hosting the Women’s World Cup.

“I actually went to North Korea some years ago to ask the North Koreans if they were ready to host part of a Women’s World Cup with South Korea.”

Infantino admitted his trip did not bear any fruit, but he stated he would visit as many times as he could if it would change the Asian country’s stance on hosting the event.

“Only engagement can bring real change. We’re a global organisation and want to remain an organisation that unites the world.”

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World Cup: Qatar’s hosting controversy

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that the decision to award Qatar hosting rights of the 2022 FIFA World Cup a decade ago was met with resistance from the word go. The United States of America had been widely expected to win the bidding process, but then FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced the Gulf state as the vote winner. The world football body was then rocked by shocking allegations of corruption among members of the Executive Committee, the panel responsible for deciding who hosts the World Cup.