Winter World Cup would pose no problem: Platini

ROME - Switching the dates of the 2022 World Cup finals to be hosted by Gulf state Qatar from its tradtional mid-year date to December would not be a problem, claimed European football's supremo, Michel Platini, on Monday.

FIFA's decision to award the World Cup to Qatar - a tiny oil-rich nation where temperatures in summer regularly soar past 43 degrees - has attracted a firestorm of controversy.

But UEFA President Platini said that despite protests raised by Europe's major leagues over the disruption that would cause, he could see it being switched.