Chelsea defender Cesar Azpilicueta stated the variety of video games being crammed into the schedule forward of the World Cup subsequent month is “crazy” and that participant welfare is being jeopardised.
Azpilicueta’s workforce mate N’Golo Kante has been dominated out of the World Cup after present process an operation on a hamstring damage, whereas Reece James is in a race to be match for the match after injuring his knee.
Chelsea have three league fixtures, two Champions League video games and a League Cup tie earlier than the World Cup in Qatar begins on 20 November.
“It’s difficult and it’s sad because as players you want to go to the World Cup, but we have this schedule where we have to play for our club and do our best,” Azpilicueta stated on Monday.
“We are fighting a lot for player welfare because the schedule is crazy. Sometimes we have to consider everything and I think we are in conversations with Fifa. It’s difficult because I understand that the fans want to see football.
“We have five subs now, but we have in our team a couple of injuries that make it more difficult to rotate. We are playing every few days, but it’s how it is and we have to step up.”
Azpilicueta is predicted to function in Spain’s squad for the World Cup, the place they’ve been drawn into Group E alongside Germany, Costa Rica and Japan.
They start their group marketing campaign on 23 November towards Costa Rica.
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