City and Chelsea are the 2 English clubs who own licensed for the expanded month-lengthy Club World Cup place to initiate up on June 15.
Reuters
05 October, 2024, 12:35 pm
Final modified: 05 October, 2024, 12:forty five pm
The Premier League has rejected Manchester City’s question to postpone the main two games of the 2025-26 season to assist the gamers get better after their FIFA Club World Cup campaign within the U.S., the membership’s supervisor Pep Guardiola acknowledged on Friday.
The Premier League’s season will initiate up in August whereas the Club World Cup will initiate up in June.
An an increasing number of packed soccer calendar has been a worry among a growing sequence of gamers and managers. A document by global gamers’ union FIFPRO acknowledged some gamers secure finest 12% of the year to rest.
The Premier League did not straight acknowledge to a matter for comment out of doorways typical industry hours.
City midfielder Rodri acknowledged in September that gamers could perhaps additionally maybe be discontinuance to strike action over the time they are required to play. A knee ligament hurt has since set aside him out for the season.
“I don’t know if we are in a position to play more games than the treble year (2022-23)… maybe we are going to play less games,” Guardiola immediate reporters.
“The Premier League has not allowed us to postpone the main two games for our recovery. Thank you so grand. They set up not postpone these games so that will be the moment of, oh, what attain we own to attain?”
He acknowledged the Club World Cup will invent it far more tough for clubs to withhold watch over player workload.
