The important thing for me was that the World Cup should travel round the world.

They (the FAI) have asked, very humbly, can't we be team No 33 at the World Cup? They have asked for that... really!

Yes, in general, I think there is too much club football on TV.

Football is hope. To be a better human being but also hope one day, one day, to leave your country to be somewhere, let's say admired, as a football star.

I can understand that people are not happy, but they should not use football to make their demands heard

The important thing for me was that the World Cup should travel round the world.

All religions, they play football - even nowadays all girls and women have the right to play football in cultures like the Arabic countries in the Muslim they play football.