Beckham defends his role (and his contract of 170 million) in the World Cup in Qatar: “It is a platform of progress”

the husband of Victoria Beckham is turning a deaf ear to the criticism he is facing these days after becoming ambassador and image of the World Cup in Qatar. Proof of this, the speech he delivered this Friday, in video format, for those present at the ‘Generation Amazing’ youth festival of the Supreme Committee in Doha.

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“Every great sporting moment begins in the same way: as a dream. I was an eight-year-old boy who of course had a dream, to one day put on my shirt and play for my country. Each of the great footballers with whom I was lucky enough to play started in exactly the same way, in a garden or on a street with only one ball”, expressed David Beckham.

“Almost two decades ago, a small group of Qatari football lovers had an equally fantastic dream: to bring the world’s greatest football spectacle to their home country and the Middle East for the first time, and now we are here. Because when dreams are harnessed and mixed with dedication and hard work, they are not the longest dreams, they come true,” added the former English footballer.

“I want to tell everyone that today is their day to dream. They share a passion for football and for making the world a more tolerant and inclusive place (…) Qatar dreamed of taking the World Cup to a place where it had never been before, but that it would not be enough just to achieve things on the field, the field would be a platform for progress”, concluded the former Real Madrid player, ignoring that the nation he is talking about constantly violates human rights.

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The father of Brooklyn Beckham has received €170 million (£150 million) to become a World Cup ambassador. Contract It also includes promoting tourism and culture in the country for the next ten years.

But the British is not the only one. Xavi Hernandeza former star of the Spanish National Team, was another of the well-known faces who prioritized his million-dollar contract with the country when he was a coach at Al-Sadd: “There are many prejudices; the country has everything. It is not a democracy, but it works better than Spain”.