Aleksander Ceferin, president of UEFA, Slams Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola.
Aleksander Ceferin, the head of UEFA, has responded to Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola's repeated complaints about the overabundance of fixtures in professional football.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has instructed managers of Manchester City and Liverpool, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp, to stop whining.
The two Premier League coaches have frequently expressed their worries about player wellbeing due to the oversaturated football schedule, but the Slovenian president has hit back. Ceferin, however, has made an effort to silence the pair by claiming that "factory workers" in considerably less privileged situations have the right to complain.
The president of UEFA argued: "It's simple, but it's easy to criticize UEFA and FIFA all the time. You earn less money if you play less. The manufacturing workers who receive €1,000 a month are the ones who should be complaining." Everyone wants more championship games, he continued, but nobody gives up on anything. In the Champions League group stage, clubs desired 10 games. Eight will be there; it's the ideal number. The presidents disagree that domestic leagues should contain 18 clubs. They ought to know that two household glasses are excessive.Ceferin discussed the 2024 Champions League format change with Gazzetta dello Sport, justifying UEFA's choice to alter the group stage and decrying the existing league as "too predictable." "You can already guess who will play in the Round of 16 following the draw today," he remarked. Big clubs will meet more regularly in the future, lesser clubs will have more opportunities to qualify, and the competition will be fierce. It will be incredible.
Klopp and Guardiola have criticized the Premier League, FA, UEFA, and FIFA for scheduling more intense matches at both the club and international levels. Klopp launched a protracted tirade after Liverpool defeated Chelsea in the FA Cup final in May.
The German stated, "The Nations League is the reason I am not in such a good mood when I speak about UEFA." We are nearing the end of a season in which some players have played more than 70 games, and I still believe this to be one of the most absurd conceptions in sport.
"Easily – club games 63 or 64, plus internationals – and then go direct to 75, which is pretty wild, and we continue with Nations League games because we have to play them [when] there is no tournament, who cares we play four, five, or six games with the national teams," said the player.
Having to play a league match against Southampton three days after the final, which required extra time and penalties, really infuriated Klopp. It's difficult, but it's preferable to complain and dispute when you succeed than when you fail, he said. "People will tell me to stop moaning as I sit here and say it. You don't give it a second thought because no one else is doing it. I guess it's challenging. It could be preferable if you played on Thursday. Come on, Tuesday is just 120 minutes away. It's enormous."Guardiola frequently concurs with his colleague's blunt opinions, even going so far as to say that a strike would be the answer. Last December, as the busy holiday season drew near, he said, "The difficulty is the fixtures. The national team's international obligations are spread across 365 days of the year, and there are numerous games in extremely large events. After two or three weeks of summer vacation for the players, the current season begins. This is excessive. Since the issue cannot be resolved through dialogue alone, should the players and managers band together and call a strike? The business is more important than the wellbeing for FIFA, the Premier League, and the broadcasters.
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