National coach Frank de Boer and captain Georginio Wijnaldum received many questions about Qatar during the press conference regarding the World Cup qualifying match with Turkey. According to The Guardian, 6,500 migrant workers in the country, where the World Cup will take place at the end of next year, were killed in work around the World Cup and the associated infrastructure and facilities, such as the stadiums and hotels.
The 30-year-old Wijnaldum was asked how the players can take action. “Making a plan with other federations to tackle the problem. That is still difficult to say at the moment, we are still at the start of qualifying. You can think about this during the course of the World Cup and there will be more talks with federations. “
Subsequently, the midfielder was told that at the end of 2019, when the Orange was faced with the discussion about racism on the football fields, he stated that he would step off the field when he was confronted with it. In the game against Estonia, a few days later, the Liverpool player then made a statement with Frenkie de Jong.
When a journalist asked on Tuesday whether such action could be expected again now that it concerns Qatar, Wijnaldum initially reacted resignedly. But at the end of the press conference, he wanted to come back to that and was fierce.
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