By Matt Slater, Press Association
Published: 09:07 GMT, 16 March 2019 | Updated: 09:07 GMT, 16 March 2019
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FA chairman Greg Clarke has urged world football's governing body FIFA to ensure human rights will be respected if the World Cup in 2022 is expanded beyond Qatar's borders.
A decision on whether to increase the tournament from 32 to 48 teams will be made in June when FIFA's 211 member associations meet at the annual congress in Paris.
With the tournament scheduled to take place over 28 days between November 21 and December 18, an expanded competition would need at least two more venues than the eight stadiums Qatar is building.
FA chairman and FIFA vice president Greg Clarke (centre) has called for human rights to be respected if the 2022 World Cup held in Qatar expands into Kuwait or Oman
According to a feasibility study prepared for a meeting of FIFA's ruling council in Miami on Friday, adding 16 teams and 16 games would mean Qatar would have to share the tournament with at least one other country.
This boils down to either Kuwait or Oman, as the Gulf state is currently locked in a bitter dispute with its neighbours Bahrain, Saudi
