How football reached breaking point: ‘This workload is not sustainable’
New York TimesJudging by the accolades won over recent weeks, Phil Foden shone brighter than any other player in English football this season. Manchester City’s silky midfielder excelled in a side who won their fourth consecutive Premier League title and were runners-up in the FA Cup, following a surprise defeat to Manchester United in Saturday’s final. City could play 75 times in 2024-25, once FIFA’s revamped Club World Cup and an expanded Champions League format are factored in. “If you pour more liquid into the cup that’s already full, it will overflow,” said Richard Masters, the Premier League’s chief executive, last month when calling the changes for next season a “tipping point”. FIFA president Infantino has overseen an expansion in the football calendar “Everyone across the board understands it is a problem for the industry,” Maheta Molango, chief executive of the Professional Footballers’ Association, the players’ trade union in England, and a FIFPro board member, tells The Athletic.
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