Southgate's side head to Qatar for the World Cup in November.
Gareth Southgate insists there would be no benefit from England boycotting the World Cup amid concerns about Qatar’s human rights record.
Germany, Netherlands and Norway players have already made strong statements about the Gulf state’s alleged right issues, increasing the pressure on England to do the same. “I don’t really know what that achieves. It would be a big story but the tournament would go ahead,” Southgate told reporters on Friday.
“It is such a complex world of deals as we have also seen with Saudi Arabia. This is complicated, the issues themselves aren’t complicated.” “We have got to use our voice in the right way at the right time. The players are thinking through how they best respond and try to affect the things we might be able to affect.
England have already been hit with a host of withdrawals from the squad, including Covid-hit Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka.
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