Erik ten Hag warns that injuries are ‘unavoidable’ for ‘overloaded’ players
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Erik ten Hag warns that injuries are ‘unavoidable’ for ‘overloaded’ players

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Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Erik ten Hag believes it is “almost unavoidable” that top players get injured because they are overworked as they are given more and more games to play as he called for football to stop letting money dictate everything. The expansion of the Champions and Europa Leagues and the introduction of the Club World Cup have added to the workload and Manchester City midfielder Rodri, who warned players may consider going on strike if they have to play 70 or 80 games a season, then suffered a serious knee injury. open image in gallery Rodri suffered a knee injury shortly after warning that players could strike over the schedule United could play 17 Europa League matches this season and manager Ten Hag believes commercial reasons account for the extra games that he feels are bad for football. It’s about clubs, players and so many others who are there in the of football have to work to improve the game and find the right balance.

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