Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has questioned the long-term effects of holding the 2022 World Cup in the winter . The final of the showpiece event in Qatar is to be on Sunday , December 18 - a decision which will allow traditional Boxing Day club matches to take place in Britain and avoid the fierce heat of June and July . It will be a shortened tournament over 28 days instead of the usual 32 , starting on November 21 . December 18 is also Qatar 's national day . Manuel Pellegrini has expressed concern over the plans to play the Qatar 2022 World Cup in winter . The Manchester City manager watches on during his side 's 1-0 defeat by Barcelona on Wednesday night . However , Pellegrini is concerned how Premier League games , which would usually be scheduled for November and December , will be caught up later in the season and the impact of doing so on the next domestic campaign . ' I think it is difficult to stop all the European leagues in that month , especially in our league at this moment , and not play football here in November and December , ' Pellegrini said . 'When you recover those amount of games what will happen in the next season , when you finish late , how many days the national squad will need their players ? ' I do n't think it is easy . It is a big task . ' Swansea manager Garry Monk echoed Pellegrini 's thoughts , but conceded that teams would just have to 'get on with it ' . Swansea boss Garry Monk says the break will be strange but the clubs will just have to get on with it . Roberto Martinez says teams around Europe will have to adapt to the affect of a winter World Cup . 'It will be strange having a two-month break in the middle of the season . I 'm not sure how that 's going to work and I 'd have to see the exact lay-out of it , but I do n't think it 's a great thing , ' he said . 'It 's beyond the powers of Swansea City , but I ca n't imagine too many teams are happy with it . But it sounds as if we 're just going to have to get on with it . ' Everton boss Roberto Martinez conceded the tournament moving to November would need plenty of adaptation , but he always expected a World Cup in Qatar to be held over the winter . 'You need clarity and then you can prepare towards that , ' Martinez said . 'But I always felt that once it was given to Qatar it was going to be a winter World Cup . 'When all the talk is about wanting the World Cup in different continents and different countries , and when the hosts are going to be Qatar , it 's only normal that it 's going to be played in the winter . 'That 's going to affect two or three seasons around that date , but we need to adapt and make it a big football celebration like the World Cup 's supposed to be . ' Hull boss Steve Bruce says playing the World Cup in the winter is the only sensible solution . Hull manager Steve Bruce thinks a World Cup late in the year is a sensible move in such a hot climate , but took the chance to push for a winter break . He said : 'We 've got plenty of time to adapt . I 've always said in this country we need a break , we should copy everyone else . When you see other teams come back there 's a freshness about them because of the winter break . 'We 've got plenty of time to put the schedule in . Once FIFA picked Qatar there was only one solution and they 've picked the sensible one . ' West Brom manager Tony Pulis agreed . 'Whichever way you try to cook it they have worked it to suit the country at the best possible time . They have moved everything around to suit them , full stop , ' he said . 'They are the governing body and , irrespective of what you do say and do n't say , there might be loads of people unhappy with it , but they have got it through and it 's been agreed . 'Everyone has to get on with it . What will be the situation in England , is everything is going to have to be reorganised and revamped ? That 's going to be interesting . '
Manchester City 2022 World Cup will take place from November 21 to December 19 . The Premier League will break mid-season between these dates . Manuel Pellegrini does not think it 'll be easy to recover the missed games . Garry Monk said break will be strange but clubs will have to get on with .