Biennial World Cup Discourse Commentary, Brendan Rodgers: Player Fatigue And Exacerbating Injury Risk

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JAKARTA - Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers also commented on the discourse of the biennial World Cup. According to him, this will increase the fatigue burden of the players which will directly affect the quality of the match and exacerbate the risk of injury.

The biennial World Cup discourse is increasingly being pushed by FIFA while a number of stakeholders, including the European Leagues, have expressed their disapproval.

"The first thought that came to mind was how important it was for us to consider the impact on players," said Rodgers.

"Everything will have to do with the quality of the football, because the players, those who have to play, the big argument is they can play too much... I enjoyed the Euros and two years later the World Cup.

"The last thing you want to see is a player who has appeared in 60 games and then goes into a tournament. Then the quality will be affected and also exacerbate the risk of injury," he added.

UEFA has expressed their refusal even the president of the European football federation, Aleksander Ceferin, has called for a boycott of the World Cup if FIFA enforces its will.

The biennial World Cup discourse has added to the strained relations between FIFA and Europe's top leagues, after world football's governing body previously also gave permission to Latin American confederation CONMEBOL to extend the schedule of 2022 World Cup qualifiers and revoke club's right of refusal amid the pandemic.