Ronald de Boer calls for 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be switched to the winter The timing of the 2022 event has been a subject of constant speculation since Doha was awarded the finals two years ago, with health concerns over a tournament played in 40C plus summer temperatures leading to calls for a rescheduling to winter. Uefa president Michel Platini has led the way, repeatedly urging a rethink that would cause major disruption to European professional leagues, nowhere more so than in the Premier League in England. Qatar 2022 leadership insist that they will stage the summer tournament they promised in their bid unless told otherwise. Platini will press for change if he becomes Fifa president, but until then the Qatari position is unlikely to change. De Boer said the two sides should end the prevarication and get on with a move he said would be positive. I think sometimes a change is good, it would be great to have it in the winter. Everyone will be fit, physically fit, mentally fit and I don't see a problem with it. When the African Nations Cup takes place, if you have an African player at your club he has to go and play for his country," he said. They play in January and February. Not every league is in synch with the big European leagues: in Russia and Scandinavia they start earlier, and in the United States they have a different schedule. So I don't see difficulties. I think its great we have this opportunity and to try it and it will also be beneficial for the tournament itself to be played in the winter. I played there, and for the fans I think it will be great. It would be great if we had it in the winter. I think all the bodies should come together to find a common solution and try also to change. It's very easy to stick with the old thing because we've done it already for years. "I have said to the supreme committee, "I would do it in the winter." But they can't say that.