Prem, EFL players ‘furious’ after gruelling fixture schedule suggested Players from clubs across the Premier League and EFL have been left “furious” after it was suggested that playing three days in five matches could be a viable way to finish the season, according to reports. Football in the UK’s top four professional divisions is postponed until April 30 at the earliest due to the spread of coronavirus. Clubs across the country have as many as 10 games remaining in the season and according to the Daily Mail, football authorities want the season finished before June 30. Such a move is suggested so that the legalities of players whose contracts expire on that date are not affected, but the newspaper says that such a timeframe could pose fixture chaos, with the season only set to restart in mid-May. Three games in five days has reportedly been mooted as an option, a suggestion which is said to have left players angered. Players are reportedly worried that their concerns about welfare are not being heard and considered, with managers facing the prospect of having to rest key players for crunch games. A Championship source told the newspaper: “The scheduling is what it is, and everyone will be in the same boat. “But it plays into the hands of those clubs who have deeper squads.” While professional football battles to avoid the prospect of the season being voided, clubs competing in the divisions below the National League were told by the Football Association earlier this week that their campaigns must be brought to an abrupt end. The move ended hopes of promotion for many clubs and there remain wider implications for professional clubs higher up the football pyramid. In the Championship, Leeds are closing in on a return to the Premier League, while in the top flight, Liverpool need just two wins to claim their first league title in 30 years. READ MORE: Shift in feeling over Premier League could leave Liverpool’s season in tatters The post Prem, EFL players ‘furious’ after gruelling fixture schedule suggested appeared first on teamtalk.com.

Players from clubs across the Premier League and EFL have been left “furious” after it was suggested that playing three days in five matches could be a viable way to finish the season, according to reports.

Football in the UK’s top four professional divisions is postponed until April 30 at the earliest due to the spread of coronavirus.

Clubs across the country have as many as 10 games remaining in the season and according to the Daily Mail, football authorities want the season finished before June 30.

Such a move is suggested so that the legalities of players whose contracts expire on that date are not affected, but the newspaper says that such a timeframe could pose fixture chaos, with the season only set to restart in mid-May.

Three games in five days has reportedly been mooted as an option, a suggestion which is said to have left players angered.

Players are reportedly worried that their concerns about welfare are not being heard and considered, with managers facing the prospect of having to rest key players for crunch games.

A Championship source told the newspaper: “The scheduling is what it is, and everyone will be in the same boat.

“But it plays into the hands of those clubs who have deeper squads.”

 

 

While professional football battles to avoid the prospect of the season being voided, clubs competing in the divisions below the National League were told by the Football Association earlier this week that their campaigns must be brought to an abrupt end.

The move ended hopes of promotion for many clubs and there remain wider implications for professional clubs higher up the football pyramid.

In the Championship, Leeds are closing in on a return to the Premier League, while in the top flight, Liverpool need just two wins to claim their first league title in 30 years.

READ MORE: Shift in feeling over Premier League could leave Liverpool’s season in tatters

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