England coach Gary Neville believes holding the 2022 World Cup during the Northern Hemisphere's winter should not act as a disruption to the Premier League.
FIFA have recommended that the tournament in Qatar in seven years' time be held during November and December rather than the usual months of June and July to avoid scorching heat in the Middle East.
Many have said that staging the World Cup over this timeframe would have an adverse effect on domestic leagues around Europe but former Manchester United captain Neville believes it is a small compromise to make.
"Disrupted for a World Cup? You're making the World Cup sound like the Sherpa Vans Trophy. The World Cup's the World Cup, it's hardly a tin-pot competition," Roy Hodgson's assistant told talkSPORT.
"The Premier League will be disrupted for a year, every 24 or 28 years, for a continent to have a World Cup. We've got to get over it. Football's a world game."
Neville added: "It's been shoddy how they've got to the decision, the fact it's taken so long and been a shambles of a process. But I've been to the Middle East a number of times and they deserve a World Cup.
"It seems to have been a bit underhand and they've only decided after it's been awarded but they've got to the right place, to make allowances for a continent to host a World Cup and for them to play in normal heat."
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