Gary Neville shocked by what she saw in Qatar: Workers Living in Booths

The amplification environments for fans from around the world are coming to an end, and organisers are ensuring the world that this will be the best tournament in history.

Sky Sports will broadcast a big documentary today on working conditions at Qatar shipyards and one of those interviewed will be Gary Neville.

Former English promoter, until he went to Qatar himself, denied stories of thousands of dead workers because he could not believe he could hide in front of the West. But after visiting Qatar, he changed his mind. He was especially shocked by the buildings the workers live in.

“They are a kind of small cabins in which the sleeping place is divided with a curtain, and there's a little closet inside. When you see the enormous wealth in which this country lives and then you see how people who build stadiums live... you realize they make sacrifices. It's just not something you can believe. It's inequality you can't even imagine, just shocking. That place can't be a home for anyone”, Neville said. Construction workers in Qatar were paid about 270 dollars a month, of which most of the money, more than $200, was sent to their families, mainly in Southeast Asia. They have only about $50 left for their needs, reports the English media.

It bothers me because in town you spend a lot of money on a plate of pasta and a coffee. Unbelievable. I wouldn't want someone I know, let alone a member of my family live under such conditions as”, Neville said.
Independent organisations estimate that between 4,000 and 6,500 workers died at the construction shipyards in Qatar, which organisers strongly deny. According to their records, only three people have lost their lives in accidents at the shipyards.