The move would require all major European Leagues to take a month-long winter break.
The former French international told the Evening Standard on Tuesday: 'I hope it will be held in winter. We have to go to Qatar when it is good for everybody to participate. What is better for the fans?
'In 10 years we can manage to decide how we can postpone the season for one month.
January is difficult for the World Cup because you have the Winter Olympic Games. If we stop from November 2 to December 20, it means, instead of finishing in May, we stop in June. It is not a big problem. It is for the good of the World Cup, the most important competition in the world.'
Platini voted for Qatar to get the 2022 World Cup in preference to England and was also supported Russia being awarded the 2018 tournament.
'I voted for Qatar because it was time to go to a country in that part of the world. They bid five times.'
Sept. 25, 2012.
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