Carlo Ancelotti has offered a bold solution to avoid a player strike at Real Madrid and across Europe.
The subject of a bloated fixture schedule continues to dominate the conversation as the campaign begins to intensify before the end of 2024.
The potential for certain players to make over 70 competitive appearances before the end of next summer has raised concerns over welfare and burnout.
Two extra UEFA Champions League games, plus international breaks in October and November, has only added to the potential for overloads.
Ancelotti previously hinted at the idea of giving his players unofficial mid-season breaks after international duty to cope with the situation.
The Italian was again asked the situation ahead of Los Blancos return to domestic action and he claims the argument of players salaries is not a justification for the excessive fixtures.
“I repeat what I said the other day, football needs to reflect. The objective is to play less to avoid injuries. Players have no problem lowering salaries if they play less”, as per reports from Marca.
Numerous top level players have indicated they are open to a possible future strike if their concerns are not listened to by UEFA and FIFA.
Yitdemop
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People who earn in excess of 1m euro per month don’t have right to go on strike for playing 70 games max per year …. A year is 365 days for god sake …. Are you saying you can’t play for 70 of 365 days with all the millions in salary ?
Lets say every game has a training day and a rest day and that brings the days count to 210 days. Some have more training days than the other which would probably bring the days count to around 250 days. Basically they only get 3 months of actual rest where they can go for vacation and whatnot. Its not about loving the game, I think if you make it that far, football becomes repetitive to you, anything repetitive is boring. They’re not playing for fun, they’re playing to win and that’s the biggest issue. If you play for fun, you have no problems, if you play to win, you play under pressure. More amount of games also means more injuries, even if they do get a lot of money, how are they going to use it if they are forced to rest.
DrHalaMsdrid
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People who earn in excess of 1m euro per month don’t have right to go on strike for playing 70 games max per year …. A year is 365 days for god sake …. Are you saying you can’t play for 70 of 365 days with all the millions in salary ?
boeabkmrt
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strike it. Europe get money from just playing football.