World Cup 2022: FIFA president Gianni Infantino delivers vague press conference ahead of World Cup in Qatar, full speech.

One day before the 2022 World Cup begins, FIFA president Gianni Infantino gave a bewildering and confounding press conference.

The decision to award Qatar the World Cup in 2010 sparked a series of debates about the country's human rights record, and their treatment of migrant workers in the run-up to the World Cup has also drawn criticism.

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"Today I have very strong feelings. Today I feel Qatari. Today I feel Arab. Today I feel African. Today I feel gay. Today I feel disabled. Today I feel a migrant worker," Infantino began.

"I'm not Qatari, African, gay, disabled & I'm not really a migrant worker but I know what it means to be discriminated & bullied, as a foreign in a foreign country, as a child at school I was bullied because I had red hair and freckles. I was bullied for that.

"We have been taught many many lessons by Europeans. I am European. I think what we Europeans have been doing around the world for the last 3,000 years, we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years before giving moral lessons to people.

"Who is actually caring about the workers? FIFA does, football does, the World Cup does & to be fair to them Qatar does as well. I was at an event a few days ago where we explained what we were doing at this World Cup for disabled people.

"400 journalists are here [at my press conference], that event was covered by four journalists. There is one billion disabled people in the world. Nobody cares. Nobody cares. Four journalists.

"Europe could do as Qatar did. Create some channels, some legal channels, where a number of those workers could come to Europe. Low revenues. But give them some work, some future, some hope.

"When it comes to compensation of workers, you should know there is a legal framework to cover workers' compensation. We are in a sovereign country. Do you think FIFA can go to England or Italy and say 'we will establish a system for migrant workers in your country'?

"Let me mention as well the LGBT situation. I've been speaking about this topic with the highest leadership of this country, several times, not just once & they have confirmed & I can confirm that everyone is welcome.

"If a person says the opposite, it's not the opinion of the country & it's certainly not the opinion of FIFA. Everyone who comes to Qatar is welcome. Whatever religion, race, sexual orientation, belief. This is our requirement & the Qatari state sticks to that."