It's the overall schedule being so compressed - all of it. This was a non-contact injury in training. It could have happened at Melwood (now Kirkby) just as easily. If he wasn't training with England he would have been training with us. Trent was just running in a straight line and he got his. Seeing it with players all over the Premier League as well.
I wonder if teams might altering their own training schedules radically.
Ok so there was no contact involved with any other player, then it is simply down to over exertion, we are talking about fully fit athletes here who would not normally just collapse in pain, of course there are different tolerance levels to consider from player to player but it looks like for some they don’t get enough rest/recovery time, Joe sadly has been racked with too many injuries for someone so young and I fear ultimately that this will shorten his playing career,
Again, no one knows the extent of this latest set back but by all accounts it isn’t looking at all good for him,
It’s time the authorities started listening to the Managers/ club’s medical staff , they know what’s best for these athletes, it’s as clear as the nose on your face that these players due to fixture congestion are not getting enough rest between matches, the 5 subs issue starts to make sense when you consider that all other leagues across Europe adopt 5 subs except the EPL, a league that has more fixtures per season, 38,the two domestic cup comps, then the two European comps, and the international fixtures for World Cup qualifying, European League qualifiers, and of course the absolute meaningless friendlies,
From now on, if I were Jürgen, I’d seriously consider asking the players to withdraw from international duty unless it was meaningful and said player wanted to play, or would they rather stay at home and have family time, unless the authorities start listening to those who know better than them , managers could be forced to offer player’s a alternative , the club’s pay the players wages after all, it’s the club’s assets that get damaged, possibly losing millions in lost revenue.
Something needs to change for the welfare of those players.
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