World Cup 2022 Qatar: Al-Khulaifi, the boy who played tennis with the Emir, walks Trump through Doha and checks out Taiba and Florentino

Under the Lusail Stadium Fund, Nasser Al-Khulaifi Seeking background appreciation, shortly before the match between Brazil and Serbia. first Minister , Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thanitalk to me Ivanka Trump, both standing, while the grandchildren of the former President of the United States jostle between the seats. Behind the controversial Republican leader’s son-in-law, Jared Kushnerone of his personal advisors, especially on Middle Eastern issues, confidential

With Al-Khulaifi different than usual. He is not wearing a suit, but the white “thobe”, the usual uniform of the Qataris. Doha is not Paris and the World Cup is not Paris Saint-Germain, and the personality knows very well that the hierarchy is sacred to the Arab pride.

He says to those who ask him: “I have no role in the World Cup, I am a visitor, another country.” Al-Khulaifi is not from the Al Thani family, and has nothing to do with the ruling dynasty, a fact that highlights the advantage of his rise. The grandson of a humble pearl fisherman who risked his life in the Gulf, tennis brought him closer to the current prince when they both dreamed of playing on the professional circuit. Now he is one of his trusted agents in the West, where he is known as NAK, he wears European style and weaves a network of influencers able to invest strength in football and simultaneously check two enemies like

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humble origin

Al-Khelaifi was born in 1973. He played football with other children in the open fields north of Doha and went in search of the missing balls from the exclusive Al-Arabi Tennis Club. He was a ball boy and started playing. The level allowed him to frequent the elite and get a scholarship to a school in Nice with

who after years trained for ten years at

. Qatar wanted to prepare a future Davis Cup team, which Al-Khelaifi would be a part of. In his training period, in France, he would sleep in the car if needed between tournaments, and make food for all his teammates.

In 1987, Al-Khelaifi was 14 years old and something happened that changed his life. When

The great prince asked the American ambassador to nominate a tennis teacher who was a boy. was the chosen one

. However, it was necessary to find a player for the prince to practice with. Then he called Rais Al-Khulaifi, who is a little older than Tamim. They progressed together and became part of the Davis Cup National Team, since 1993 by the Chilean

as a leader and technical director.

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Nasser, Tamim and Campo share trips, including internships at a prestigious academy

in Florida, where they passed

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, among others. Class hour price is $900. And the Chilean mentions Al-Khulaifi as “a committed player, who was not accompanied by physical fitness, but rather diligent. He was religious and responsible, and he never gave up his economic studies.” He achieved his goal of making it to the ATP circuit, making his debut with a defeat to the Austrian and the first time.

. At that point I became friends

the current captain of the Spanish Davis Cup, who invited him to the World Cup.

Tamim did not have his level to accompany him and his other obligations, but that friendship and the time he spent together constituted the trust of the capital when the second joined the emirate by a decision of

To abdicate the throne in his son, in 2013, which is unusual in the Gulf monarchies.

The father of the Emir left the World Cup awarded to Qatar in 2010, in controversial elections in which the hand of the former French president appeared.

which he was going to ask to vote for

In exchange for contracts in favor of France and the rescue of PSG. No investigation, not even Garca’s report, has substantiated it with evidence, but Qatar Sports Investment Company, a subsidiary of the sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority, bought the club a year after the election. Al-Khelaifi was invited to Sarkozy’s birthday after leaving the Elysee Palace, where he rubbed his shoulders not only with

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but with the French ministers.

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In Paris without his family

When he was still an emir, the current emir entrusted al-Khulaifi, with economic training, to the investments of the sovereign fund. He is not only at the helm of PSG, but also in BeinSports, the owner of the rights to the World Cup. He was accused in France of being involved in corruption and even kidnapping cases, and a group of former police officers could also have spied on him. He lives in Paris on the avenue Foch without his family and does not appear with his wife at public events. He has no nets and he does not drink. Although people around him say he is a moderate Muslim,

He remembered how he used to pray in his hospital room when he went to visit him.

However, his ability for relationships and strategic sense have led him to intuition on the winning side of power. He created the first “club-state”, despite the complaints of Thebes, but is in charge of the European Club Association, which includes smaller clubs. Paris Saint-Germain was the ideal of the Premier League, but they knew how to say no to a project that collapsed before it was born and may have lost one of its last pillars with the resignation of

in Juventus. This allowed him to be very close to UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, and against Florentino, who won the second round: Mbappe. However, she feels threatened and disturbed by the League boss’ attacks.

The French star smiles alongside Paris Saint-Germain signatures on a large mural on Doha’s main pedestrian thoroughfare, including

, so that the fans can take pictures or kick some of the balls that are owned by the employees of the Parisian club. Al-Khelaifi, on the other hand, does not chase his stars in the matches they play in Qatar with their national teams. Before the lights, he shows a PR smile, but the thing is the second line, the shadow.