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Jérôme Valcke, the Fifa secretary general, has given the clearest signal yet that the tournament, which will be held in Qatar, will be moved to November 2022, amid a day of farcical mixed messages from world football's governing body. Valcke, who is supposed to be leading an ongoing consultation over whether the tournament should move from June when temperatures can hit 50˚C, told a French radio station the tournament was likely to be held between 15 November 2022 and 15 January 2023. Valcke suggested it will be "like a warm spring in Europe" with "an average temperature of 25˚C, therefore it's perfect for football". The Premier League and other European leagues are concerned about the ramifications for their media deals, player contracts, and schedules; while US broadcasters are unhappy about a potential clash with the NFL season, of which 2022 will be the last under the current broadcasting contracts. The International Olympic Committee has already made it clear that the tournament should not clash with the 2022 Winter Olympics, despite the Uefa president, Michel Platini, favouring January because it does not clash with the Champions League group stages. I hope they eventually sort it out so good times can be had by all, unlike when Shia LaBeouf alienated the rest of the cast of the upcoming Brad Pitt movie Fury. LaBeouf reportedly pulled one of his own teeth out, and failed to wash himself during the entire shoot, the better to replicate conditions of life on the frontline during World War II.