26 Mar 2022 | 11:00 | Football
Southgate talks about excluding Sancho and Rashford from March list
The Three Lions had tickets to the World Cup last November, and were among the candidates for the championship. But the league has come under constant criticism over allegations of corruption and human rights abuses. Southgate acknowledges that the issues cannot be ignored, but has no intention of staying home to protest.
He said: ” I really don’t know what doing that will achieve. That’s going to be a big story, but the tournament will keep going. Unfortunately, the biggest problem is what’s happened to the players. building stadiums and there’s nothing we can do about it, sadly.”
“We’ve known for eight years that the tournament is going to be in Qatar. We stick together, as we are doing with Russia. It’s complicated. The issues themselves are not complicated; but all those things. The consequences of diplomatic relations, dealing with other countries and other institutions are extremely complex.”
Southgate said of Italy’s elimination: “It was a big surprise. Anyway I think qualifying is always underrated. I was skeptical when I looked at the results.”
