‘We have been told many, many lessons from some Europeans, from the Western World. I think for what we Europeans have been doing in the last 3,000 years around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years before starting to give moral lessons to people.’
Those were the astonishingly ignorant and offensive words from FIFA President Gianni Infantino given in response to an outpouring of criticism directed at Qatar.
An earlier letter with the same patronising tone was circulated by Gianni Infantino and Fatma Samoura specifically targeting Australia, Belgium, Denmark, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and...
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