I've been disappointed to hear the amount of whingeing about fixture congestion, particularly from Premier League managers.
They wouldn’t earn the big money without TV rights being sold around the world, so they can’t have it both ways. I accept Covid is a factor — and there are some genuine cases of teams being unable to fulfil commitments — but a lot of the arguments I’m hearing from Thomas Tuchel, Jurgen Klopp and others don’t wash.
If players were asked if they wanted to play over Christmas, I’m sure the vast majority would say ‘yes’.