Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has come out to say that he feels EPL players might threaten to strike soon. He recently revealed this during an interview, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, the players might have no choice but to take this step asap if the football’s governing bodies don’t start taking their welfare seriously.
Pep added that the players clearly need holidays and rest if they are to keep playing at maximum level.
His words, “It should be the players and the managers all together and make a strike; just through words it’s not going to be solved,”
“For FIFA, the Premier League, the broadcasters, the business is more important than their welfare. The simplest example is all around the world they have five substitutions; here it’s still three.”
“Tell me one argument to take care of players’ welfare than this one.”
“Tell me one argument to take care of players’ welfare than this one.”
“OK, we don’t play anymore until we solve that situation. Maybe then the people are going to pay attention.”
“I don’t think [a strike would happen] because we want to play, we want to continue. Make the people happy going to the stadium on the 26th, 27th, 29th, 31st [of December] and 1st [of January] and play games because we love to do that. I’m not saying there’s a reason to make a strike. But when people say World Cups, European Cups, Carabao Cup semifinals over two legs, and FA Cups and the Premier League; more games and more games and less holidays.”
“They need holidays. They need a rest for two or three weeks. And now we talk about welfare for players in that moment? No. It’s a problem.”
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