Stoke City chairman Peter Coates says a winter World Cup in 2022 will be a "disaster".

With the 2022 Winter Olympics scheduled for January and February, Fifa believe their only option is to stage the Qatar World Cup in the run up to Christmas.

Coates told BBC Sport: "It's a disaster and everyone knows it. It will come down to how we manage it, which we will do with great difficulty.

"We would have to get the changes done in one season rather than spreading it out, and just have a mess for one year.

"The only saving grace is we have seven years to plan for it.

"It will be hugely difficult. But we are stuck with it and have to get on with it.

"It couldn't be more messy. It's unsatisfactory, but it's back to Mr Blatter again."