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Why Arsenal stars and Harry Kane were snubbed by FIFPRO's World XI shortlist

Just one Gunner has been included in the 26-man shortlist

Evening Standard

Club World Cup has left an injury trail that is damaging football. But will anyone listen?

Response to strained schedule has been more football than ever, and a danger that the best will have nothing left to give at the World Cup

The Guardian - UK

Grounding Ryan air: globetrotting Socceroo wants change

No male footballer travelled more last year than Maty Ryan and he hopes FIFA and other bodies can start to support players more with heavy travel loads.

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Chelsea injuries are ‘consequences’ from Club World Cup run, says Maresca

Enzo Maresca believes Chelsea are paying the price for their Club World Cup exertions, with the manager without ‘seven or eight’ players for Liverpool

The Guardian - UK

Footballers could go on strike over fixture schedule, warns Chris Wood

Players are urging Fifa and football’s governing bodies to put safeguards in place to protect them

The Independent UK

Concerns raised over Lamine Yamal after ‘alarming’ report on player welfare

Global players' union Fifpro believes the workload placed on Yamal could risk his ‘long-term development and well-being’

The Independent UK

Former Chelsea midfielder seeks £56m in damages over contract dispute

Ex-Chelsea, Arsenal and Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra is suing FIFA and the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) for damages worth £56 million (€65m)

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Could latest seismic legal challenge leave Fifa wobbling on its perch?

Football’s world governing body is facing a growing number of issues, not least a new class action from the Netherlands

The Guardian - UK

Premier League will not be cut to 18 clubs amid calendar tensions, says league chief

Ligue 1 reduced from 20 to 18 clubs ahead of the 2023/24 season

The Independent UK

The options available to Alexander Isak as he trains at former club amid transfer speculation

The Sweden international has been heavily linked with Liverpool

The Independent UK

Why players ‘fear’ criticising heavy workload amid busy football schedule

Football governing body FIFA has been accused of ‘turning a blind eye to the basic needs of players’

The Independent UK

Players hit back at FIFA and Infantino after Club World Cup

FIFA and its President Gianni Infantino have been criticised for the expanded Club World Cup in the domestic off season.

Al Jazeera

FIFA accused of ‘turning blind eye to basic needs of players’ by global union

The National (Scotland)

More competitions, longer seasons and other demands put focus on workload in elite women's soccer

England’s Millie Bright bowed out of the European Championship because of mental and physical exhaustion

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Fifa president Gianni Infantino is an autocrat who doesn’t care about players, says head of FifPro

Fifpro president Sergio Marchi has been scathing about Gianni Infantino’s Fifa presidency

The National (Scotland)

Infantino and FIFA might have finally done it - I'm getting tired of football

The Club World Cup has now ended, just as the Scottish competitive season has started. How much football is too much football, even for ardent fans?

The Independent UK

Gianni Infantino, Donald Trump and how Fifa went full Maga at the Club World Cup

After the bizarre spectacle of Gianni Infantino’s Club World Cup final being hijacked by Donald Trump, football has officially entered its post-truth era

The Guardian - UK

Club World Cup dismissed as a Fifa ‘fiction’ by head of players’ union

The president of the world players’ union has described the Club World Cup as a ‘fiction’ and compared Gianni Infantino to the Roman emperor Nero

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The Independent UK

No, Gianni – the Club World Cup wasn’t a ‘huge, huge, huge success’

Fifa boss Gianni Infantino took a leaf out of the Donald Trump playbook when he was quick to declare the Club World Cup a roaring success, but the actual evidence would suggest otherwise

The Independent UK

FifPro release scathing statement against Fifa president Gianni Infantino: ‘The man who thinks he’s god’

It comes after FifPro were snubbed from attending a meeting on player welfare staged by Infantino

The Guardian - UK

Fifa dispute with global players’ union escalates over rest period decision

No one from Fifpro, the global players’ union, was present at Fifa’s meeting in New York when it said players should have 72 hours ‘at least’ between games

The Independent UK

Main players’ union not invited to ‘key’ Fifa meeting over footballer welfare

Fifa president Gianni Infantino staged a meeting on Saturday, but FifPro were not invited

The Guardian - UK

Fifpro calls for longer half-time breaks after heat ‘wake-up call’ at Club World Cup

Half-time breaks should be extended to 20 minutes in extreme heat, the global players’ union has said

The Guardian - UK

Qatar weighs up 2029 Club World Cup bid that could mean winter tournament

Qatar has held talks with Fifa officials over potentially hosting the 2029 Club World Cup, which would almost certainly need to be held in winter

The National (Scotland)

Why FIFA Club World Cup 'showbiz circus' is no joke for 'squeezed' Scottish game

There are no Scottish teams at the FIFA Club World Cup - but PFA Scotland chief Fraser Wishart believes it doesn't bode well for the game here.

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