Qatar FA hits back at English football chief Dyke

Qatar's Football Association (QFA) today hit back at English football boss Greg Dyke's claims that the 2022 World Cup organisers should be nervous following FIFA president Sepp Blatter's resignation.
A statement on behalf of QFA president Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmed Al-Thani told Dyke that Qatar had nothing to hide over its controversial bid and urged him to make good on his pledge of trying to build an England team capable of winning the tournament.
"Mr Dyke's instinct to immediately focus on stripping Qatar of the World Cup speaks volumes on his views concerning what will be the first FIFA World Cup to take place in the Middle East," read the statement.

"Having already co-operated fully with Mr Garcia's investigation -- and been subsequently cleared of any wrongdoing -- we welcome the Office of the Swiss Attorney General conducting its own work into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
"We would urge Mr Dyke to let the legal process take its course and concentrate on delivering his promise to build an England team capable of winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar."
The QFA was responding to remarks made by Dyke immediately after the dramatic resignation of Blatter on Tuesday, which followed the arrests of several top FIFA officials in a US corruption probe.

Swiss authorities have also opened an investigation into corruption claims surrounding the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, awarded to Russia and Qatar respectively.

Speaking on British television, Football Association chairman Dyke said: "If I was in Qatar, I wouldn't be very confident."
He added that Blatter's reaction to an article alleging corruption in Qatar's bid to host the 2022 World Cup in the British press had turned him against the outgoing FIFA president.
"I got very upset with Blatter a year ago after an excellent article in the Sunday Times regarding the awarding of the World Cup to Qatar," said Dyke. "He dismissed it as just being racist.

"I found that offensive and it was then with (Dutch FA president and former FIFA presidential candidate) Michael van Praag that we formed a platform against him.