Guardiola has said words are not enough if clubs want to reduce the number of games played in the Premier LeaguePep Guardiola has told Premier League footballers that they must threaten to go on strike if their concerns over player welfare are to be taken seriously. Guardiola accused the Premier League, fellow managers, and broadcasters of putting money before the interests of top-flight players, who will have to play more matches in the second half of the season due to a number of postponements caused by Covid-19 over the festive period. SponsoredAlthough he thinks a strike will not actually happen, he believes talk of such action would shock the authorities into reducing the number of matches in the calendar. “The players and managers all together [need to] make a strike or do something because words alone are not going to be enough,” Guardiola said.

Source: The Times December 24, 2021 18:00 UTC