‘In China the players feel like stars, here no-one cares who you are’published at 18:02
Trump 10-5 Vafaei
Michael Emons
BBC Sport at the Crucible Theatre
More from Hossein Vafaei on where the World Championship should be held in the future.
Asked if the game would develop by going to somewhere like China or Saudi Arabia, the Iranian replied: “100%. Look at China and how they organise their tournaments, fantastic, how they treat the players with the red carpet, the opening ceremony.
“The players are feeling like stars but here nobody looks after the players, after the match, before the match here, no-one cares who you are. In China everything is different, Saudi Arabia everything is probably going to be different.
“It would be good for all the players, the referees, the media team. If they don’t want to lose the Crucible, invest some money – make it shinier, make it nicer, more luxury for the people. If they make it cleaner and nicer people would enjoy it.
“Why do you have to find a reason to move it? We are not stupid, you saw Riyadh season, that probably means they have already signed a contract without anyone knowing. Nobody cares what we are saying.”
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