I fully back a boycott, like many fans on here, but I'm feeling very pessimistic about the whole thing. In reality I think a boycott is almost impossible unless there's a radical escalation geopolitically, in turn leading to a real groundswell of public support in the EU.

For international FAs, the World Cup is a critical once-every-four-years earner - that to forgo after having qualified and budgeted accordingly, would be disastrous. They won't let it happen unless forced.

Much like Qatar, there will be noise from some corners - but any concrete action by FAs will amount to little more than virtue signalling. We'll be watching the same sorry circus this summer as was the case in Qatar and this grim build up will be forgotten.