The Premier League will be paused in November 2022, to accommodate the global tournament, and is due to recommence on Boxing Day (26 December), a week after the final takes place in Lusail, just north of Doha.
Fred is a key part of the Brazil side that is already regarded as one of the favourites to lift the trophy but he appreciates it is going to take some getting used to having a major tournament in the middle of the campaign.
"It's really different," he told United Review recently. "It's never happened before, has it?