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Responding to recent claims in an interview, as quoted by The Telegraph (Subscription Required), UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has stated that he won’t be bothered by criticism of his proposed changes to the Champions League or the endless schedule of games that top teams, including Liverpool, must play.
Leading coaches like Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp have complained about the congestion of domestic and international fixtures, but UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has responded by defending his organization’s logistical decisions.
If they added extra games, then it would have been a problem- instead, we have only seen the concept of replay games become redundant over the past years.
In light of UEFA’s plans to move through with a significant reorganization of the Champions League, both the manager of Manchester City and the manager of Liverpool have voiced their complaints about the overabundance of fixtures that top European teams must play.
President Aleksander Ceferin simply went and said the quiet thing out loud in response to the criticism stating that teams shouldn’t complain as they are getting huge amounts of money already.
Anybody would be infuriated if extra pointless international games were added for the European players.
When discussing the Nations League summer competition, which adds several more games to the players’ already jam-packed schedule, Jürgen Klopp didn’t hold back in an earlier interview.
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