PFA chief executive Maheta Molango on Sunday night claimed that international players are at ‘breaking point’ after a new report revealed that those involved in last year’s World Cup spent an average of eight days longer out through injury following the mid-season tournament in Qatar.
Premier League stars suffered the most from injury after the World Cup, with 49 missing matches the following month, which Molango called ‘unsustainable’.
The third annual injury report from global insurance company Howden published on Sunday reveals that World Cup injuries saw players sidelined for an average of 11.35 days before the competition in October 2022, a figure which rose to 19.