Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailJurgen Klopp has warned that Premier League standards will plummet if nothing is done about football’s gruelling fixture schedule. The Liverpool boss is incredulous that the 2018-19 season will kick-off on August 11 – less than four weeks after the World Cup final in Moscow. “We have just started to look at the schedule after the World Cup and in England the league starts two weeks earlier than Germany,” said the Kopp boss. “When the World Cup ends it is the only time the boys can have a holiday and you should give them three weeks at least. “There comes a moment when somebody has to say ‘please, don’t forget the players in all of this.’“It’s not about me.

Source: Daily Mirror January 20, 2018 22:30 UTC