Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £80m
What happened to the old saying of I'd rather play than train?What I'm trying to say is that having such an intense fixture buildup is entirely avoidable and it would do a huge favor to the players if they were given a schedule conducive to their safety, the world will still function if you allow footballers more rest during the festive period. You can't avoid having a nurse working 40+ hours a week because of shortages or avoid police officers doing shifts at night.
Career ending injuries can very well happen. Footballers in recent times have been worked to the extreme. There's more international games now and the game has evolved to the point where the intensity and work rate is so much different to how the game was a decade ago.