Top Footballers Afraid to Speak Out Against Playing Too Many Games: FIFPro Chief
- Top footballers are afraid to speak out against playing many matches due to potential impacts on their careers, stating, 'I'll only get a rest when I get injured.'
- Many players feel cynical and resigned about their ability to voice concerns regarding their workloads.
- FIFPro criticized FIFA for focusing on the Club World Cup while ignoring more significant issues facing players globally.
- FIFA expressed disappointment at FIFPro's increasingly divisive and contradictory tone.
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There is a strong opposition within the world of football: it is the clash that is opposing the world union of players, men and women, against the president of Fiffa, Gianni Infantino. The object of the dispute is the excessive load of matches, issue emerged at the World Championship for American clubs. Players expressed concern to Fifpro for the lack of rest, caused by the increase in the number of matches, but despite everything, they were not…
High-level footballers are afraid to say that they play too many games for fear of impacting their careers, said Friday the Secretary General of the World Players Union (Fifpro).
Top footballers afraid to speak out against playing too many games, says FIFPro chief
AMSTERDAM: Top footballers are afraid to speak out against playing too many matches for fear of the impact it could have on their careers, the general secretary of global players’ union FIFPro said on Friday.

Top footballers afraid to speak out against playing too many games: FIFPro chief
Top footballers are afraid to speak out against playing too many matches for fear of the impact it could have on their careers, the general secretary of global players' union FIFPro said on Friday.
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