Fixture congestion 'not good for football' - Ten Hag - video Dailymotion

Manchester United's Erik ten Hag and Noussair Mazraoui speak strongly about the increased number of matches.

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00:00Too many games, it's clear. Too many competitions for the top players.

00:05They are overloaded, and this is not good for football.

00:09In the end of the day it's maybe good for commercial, but there is a limit.

00:16Players are getting injured, it's almost unaffordable,

00:22players getting injured because of the overload from so many games.

00:27A big team that plays a lot of matches,

00:32they are not able to play this much of the games.

00:38You see one or two players who played up to 70 and have been fit the whole season.

00:45So I don't really think there is yet, or there will be eventually,

00:51something which you can prepare for this.

00:57It's getting more every season, and every season you see more and more injuries.

01:04So I think eventually, if you see this all together, it's too much.