September 5 – In a new report, world players union Fifpro spotlighted the demands on Manchester City’s Julian Alvarez (now Atlético Madrid) and Erling Haaland to back their legal arguments in lawsuits against FIFA over the packed calendar and the addition of next year’s Club World Cup.
On Thursday, Fifpro published their annual Player Workload Monitoring report that surveyed about 1,500 players and the Argentinian was shown to have been picked in 83-match-day squads last season.
Manchester City’s Phil Foden played in 72 games, including England’s run to the Euro 2024.
In contrast, Haaland, the club’s prolific striker, enjoyed a summer break after Norway did not qualify for the European Championship. Fifpro board member Maheta Molango compared Halaand – and his fast start to the season with seven goals to “being a machine”.
“This season will be the defining season,” said Fifpro board member Maheta Molango (pictured). At the end of the current season, FIFA will stage the expanded 32-team Club World Cup in the United States and Molango called it “a tipping point”. He added that Fifpro’s legal cases against the world federation were not an attack on FIFA per se, but on the accumulation of matches.
Fifpro has launched two lawsuits against the global governing body.
In June, player unions in England and France filed a claim against FIFA at the Brussels Court of Commerce. That same month, Fifpro submitted a complaint at the European Commission arguing that FIFA took unilateral action when expanding the Club World Cup and the 2026 World Cup. Last May, Fifpro and World Leagues had expressed their concern over the expanded competition in a letter addressed to FIFA President Gianni Infantino and secretary-general Mattias Grafstrom.
“The gap between those who plan and schedule complex international competitions and those who play and experience them has never been bigger,” said Fifpro policy director Alexander Bielefeld.
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Author : Paul Nicholson
Publish date : 2024-09-05 13:23:09
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