The 2019-20 season sees the Premier League hand each club a week off over a two week period for the first time. Former Premier League chief Richard Scudamore announced last year that their would be "conditions" by which clubs would have to abide. "We’re not calling it a winter break. A UEFA study published in 2013 indicated that players are four times more likely to be injured in the final three months of the Premier League season than the same period in other European leagues. The Football League continues without a winter break.

Source: Daily Mirror April 03, 2019 15:11 UTC