• 'Notion of playing in Qatar leaves me in cold sweat' • FA keen to learn lessons from failed bid

The Football Association general secretary Alex Horne has branded the prospect of the 2022 World Cup being held in the winter a "logistical nightmare".

Fifa is exploring the possibility of moving the tournament in Qatar from the summer due to the extreme temperatures in the country at that time of year. That would mean a complete overhaul of the football calendar in England and most other major European countries.

Horne said: "Whether it's a good idea or not, I don't know. The notion of playing in Qatar just leaves me in a cold sweat at the moment. It doesn't feel like a great experience for the fans. The whole thing is odd, let me just say that.

"It will do all sorts of odd things, won't it, because you need to find nine or 10 weeks across the winter. It's going to split the season and you'll need to start early or finish late."

Qatar were the shock winners of the 2022 bid after seeing off competition from the heavily-fancied Australia and the United States. The outcome angered the losing countries, as did the result of the 2018 bid, which saw England receive only two votes.

The FA is keen to learn the lessons from the doomed bid and build better relationships within the corridors of power in Zurich. But Horne insisted it would not sacrifice the home nations' permanent Fifa vice-presidency in order to curry favour with the game's world governing body.

There has long been a sense of resentment from other countries over the special status the British associations enjoy within both Fifa and rulemaking body the International Football Association Board.

Horne said: "There's no view across the FA that that sentiment holds any water, that we should be abandoning the British vice-presidency."