Fifa warned overworked football players could ‘strike’, threaten legal action over schedule by English, European football unions
- Football’s world governing body is under growing pressure to address the workload of elite players
- PFA wants action to alter the congested football calendar, especially with the expanded 32-team Club World Cup
Players could strike in their bid to cut down on the number of matches they play, England’s Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) have warned Fifa.
Football’s world governing body is under growing pressure to address the workload of elite players, with threats of legal action.
The PFA wants action to alter the congested football calendar, especially with the expanded 32-team Club World Cup proposed for next summer.
An event Thursday in London by the PFA and Fifpro, the international players’ union, heard that players were at “breaking point”.
PFA chief executive Maheta Molango recalled a recent conversation he had with players of an unnamed club.
“How far would you like to go?” Molango recounted asking the players, according to the BBC. “Some of them said: ‘I’m not having it, we may as well strike.’
