Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has criticised David Beckham for doing work with Qatar which saw the English football icon promote the World Cup hosts in tourism material.
That’s according to Beckham’s former team-mate, Eric Cantona, who has vowed not to watch the tournament this winter.The tournament has been moved from summer to winter to combat the weather conditions but it’s Qatar’s human rights record that angers Cantona most.
‘I would not do it at all. I do completely the opposite. In January 2022, I started to say that. Maybe I was the first one,’ Cantona told the Athletic. ‘If you have a player who says, “I will boycott the World Cup”, you say, “Bravo”. But you cannot condemn a 20-year-old player, who has a 10-year career, who lives in a world surrounded by people from football 24 hours per day.