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Xavi, Makelele and the Qataris

Xavi, Makelele and the Qataris

Update: 2017-10-19
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Does Qatar have enough time to find a good enough team for when they host the World Cup in 2022? Many have criticised the Qatari tradition of drafting in naturalised players to fill the national team, but is that criticism fair, and will it continue in the next five years? Also on the show...Claude Makelele explains why France could struggle at next year's World Cup. And the great Spanish midfielder Xavi tells us how he turned down Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United to stay at Barcelona.




Picture: Xavi, captain of Al Sadd celebrates winning the 2017 Emir Cup at Khalifa International Stadium (Neville Hopwood/Getty Images)

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Xavi, Makelele and the Qataris

Xavi, Makelele and the Qataris

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