IT will be like holding a World Cup inside the M25. For all eight air-conditioned stadiums rising from the Qatari sands are within 31 miles of the chrome and glass skyscrapers in capital Doha’s centre. The shortest journey between stadiums in Qatar is just over three miles — closer than north London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham. Nasser Al Khater, the assistant secretary general at the supreme committee for delivery and legacy, told SunSport: “If fans are really hardcore and they make a run for it, they could potentially see three group games in a day.” In Russia, visiting the most distant stadiums — Kaliningrad and Yekaterinburg — meant a 1,550-mile flight. The longest distance between the Gulf state’s 2022 World Cup arenas is just 35 miles.The compact nature of 2022 — Qatar is smaller than Yorkshire — may offer solace for fans of British and Irish international teams still coming to terms with the idea of a winter World Cup in the desert. What’s certain is that downtown Qatar will not resemble the raucous, month-long open-air party that was Moscow’s Nikolskaya Street this summer. But there’s little doubt its infrastructure will be ready on time for this is the World…