PARIS : The fixture demands on the world's best players has already crossed a red line and is risking their health, the general secretary of the players' union said on Tuesday.
Liverpool, who are chasing an unprecedented quadruple of Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League, will have played 63 games by the end of the season, with most of their squad also involved in national team duty. "What we've said for a long time, to FIFA, to UEFA a while ago, is that we believe no additional matches should be coming into the calendar until we have proper safeguards for the health and safety of the athletes, which means mandatory off-season breaks, mid-season breaks and certain rules on travels and breaks between matches," Baer-Hoffmann explained.
The German believes that unless concessions are made by authorities, players will be forced to skip some competitions.