La Liga chief Tebas hopes a players’ strike would kill Fifa’s Club World Cup
Javier Tebas says: ‘Rodri is right about a possible strike’If ‘Club World Cup does not exist … then it is welcome’
A players’ strike would be welcome if it served to wipe Fifa’s Club World Cup out of existence, the president of the Spanish league has said.
The Manchester City midfielder Rodri on Tuesday became the latest player to speak out about the increasing workload and said a player strike was “close” if nothing changed. Players face at least an extra two matches in this season’s Champions League and the season is set to end for 12 European clubs with Fifa’s new 32-team Club World Cup in the United States. Players’ unions and domestic leagues are suing Fifa over what they claim is a lack of consultation on the scheduling of the tournament and the fixture calendar generally.
