The German Liverpool boss denounced the conditions in which workers have had to build the stadiums and criticised the cynicism of the press in asking players to take a stand on the World Cup when they have not written big articles telling the whole truth about the most controversial World Cup to date.
Nobody has thought about the workers and a lot of people have made money for the wrong reasons. "I've been thinking, 'oh, wow, it's hard to build stadiums in Qatar because you have to do it in the summer in 50 degrees or whatever'. That's not good for a person, being in the sun doing physical work."
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"It's impossible, to be honest. But nobody has thought about those workers. There have been many opportunities to denounce it since the World Cup concession. Two and three years to say: 'By the way, the process is not right'. But a lot of people have made money for the wrong reasons," said Klopp, who was highly critical of everything surrounding the choice of venue (and date) for the most controversial World Cup to date.
You're journalists and you haven't written big critical articles about it, because it's Qatar's 'thing'. I look at it from a footballing point of view and I don't like it when players are occasionally asked to send a message. You are journalists. You should have sent that message. And you haven't written big critical articles about it. Because it's "Qatar stuff".
No, the circumstances are clear. We are all guilty. That's the way it is. But to say now to the players "you have to wear this armband or else you will be on this side and not on the other side". No, no, no. They are footballers. It's a tournament. We have organised it and the players will go and play to the best of their ability for their countries," he said bluntly.
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