FOOTBALL was labelled one of the most “corrupt industries on the planet” yesterday by Ucatt after a Dutch union threatened to sue football’s governing body Fifa over the continued abuse of migrant workers in Qatar.

Dutch union FNV plan on taking legal action along with 21-year-old Bangladeshi construction worker Nadim Shariful Alam and said it wants “Fifa to accept its responsibility and end exploitation of workers” in construction work ahead of the tournament.

British builders’ union Ucatt acting general secretary Brian Rye slammed Fifa for using the “evil” and “vile” kafala system, which has been likened to modern-day slavery, and sees workers forced to pay recruitment fees, having their passports confiscated, non-payment of wages as well as health and safety breaches.