As the host, Qatar is certainly the biggest winner of this World Cup. With a huge investment of more than 200 billion US dollars, the most luxurious World Cup in history, it has expanded its international influence to the world, and at the same time made the entire country's infrastructure reach the world's top developed level.
Qatar: I'm the big winner!
However, the biggest winner mentioned in this article is not as tall as the above perspective, mainly from the competitive level. With the World Cup final just around the corner, the topic of who will win the title is hot, in fact, regardless of whether it is Argentina or France who lifts the Hercules Cup at the Lucel Arena on the evening of December 18, the biggest winner is Qatar.
Of course, Qatar's hosting of the World Cup is not only about the goal of competition, but to make a name for itself in the arena is certainly something that the host country cannot seek. Qatar has laid out youth training and naturalization plans since more than ten years ago, invested heavily to build the largest Aspeer youth training base in international football, and used three World Cup cycles to implement the player naturalization plan, which is to let the Qatari national team take advantage of the right time and place to achieve success in the local World Cup. Unfortunately, the Qatari team is still too young and lacks accumulation to fail to meet the bottom limit for qualifying from the group stage.
"It's all Qatari people"
However, this does not mean that Qatar's grand plans at the competitive level of the World Cup have failed, and their return plan for another, more ambitious long-term investment is going well and has ensured that they can deliver handsome returns that exceed expectations. This long-term investment is 11 years ago, the year after Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup, the Qatari consortium entered the French giants Paris Saint-Germain, striving to build it into a bridgehead and even a commanding height for Qatar to enter European football. Argentina led by Messi and France led by Mbappe swept the World Cup finals, no matter who can have the last laugh, it is the victory of Grand Paris, and the victory of Grand Paris is the victory of the Qatari consortium, and the victory of the Qatari consortium is the victory of Qatar.
This plan could have been more perfect, but Neymar's Brazil unexpectedly lost to Croatia and lost the final four. Otherwise, with three teams dominated by big Paris superstars in the final four of the World Cup, winning the championship will have triple insurance, which will be an absolute victory for Greater Paris and Qatar. Fortunately, Croatia has become a strong crossbow after the difficult elimination of Brazil, and Argentina, which is waiting for work, can easily pass the test. France's defeat of England and Morocco was also a thrill. The World Cup final turned into a game of the Greater Paris Civil War and the Qatari boss.
What World Cup? This is the "team battle" in Qatar!
Grand Paris bought Neymar for 220 million euros, retained Mbappe for 150 million euros, and still offered an annual salary of 30 million euros to recruit him after Messi's 34-year-old form dropped significantly, and did not hesitate to be guaranteed by the whole team to let Boss Mei play "health ball" to rest and recuperate and accumulate energy, just to win the Champions League once? Why didn't Nasser buy Haaland and Lewandowski? Why not give Ronaldo a chance to "retire"? Quite simply, behind Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Messi are Brazil, France and Argentina, the top three favourites to win the 2022 World Cup.
The Qatari consortium's monopoly on the World Cup is also tantamount to a big victory in the competition for Arab oil wealth into European football. The UAE consortium bought Manchester City first, the Saudi consortium bought Newcastle in the back, and the Qatari consortium in the center dwarfed the ambitious UAE consortium and the Saudi consortium with its "more with less", and the "first league in Europe" The Premier League lost to the "fifth league" Ligue 1. This proves that the vision, realm and boldness of Qataris in choosing Greater Paris are higher than their neighbors who spend money.
The treasure pressure is really accurate!
Grand Paris' Super Gold Dollar football model has been criticized for breaking the balance between fan demand and capital interests that European football has long been proud of, and making the financial balance scheme of the five major leagues and the Champions League increasingly useless. Qatar and the entire cluster of Arab conglomerates sitting on huge wealth are hoping that the success of this World Cup will silence many people and even fundamentally shake the traditional pattern of European football. Can the Bundesliga's "50+1" policy still be upheld? How hard will La Liga and Barça's membership systems be hit? Will more clubs in the Premier League follow the example of Manchester City and Newcastle United? ......