Rooney calls on EPL to rethink festive schedule

Abuja - Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney
has called on the Premier League to rethink the
hectic festive schedule, or risk seeing players
succumb to serious injury.
The English top-flight campaign remains the only
major European league to play throughout the
Christmas period, while this past weekend saw all 20
teams having played two games in the space of as
many days.
The clubs will once again all be in action on January
1, and Rooney, who started for the Red Devils both
on Friday and Sunday, feels consideration for player
fitness needs to be taken into account when
planning the fixture list.
"It is not easy playing two games in two days and
you do lose a lot of the quality from both teams,"
Football411 quotes Rooney as saying.
"It is difficult. We started so well in the first half but
in the second half it was tough and hopefully in the
future it has to change.
"It will probably take someone getting a really bad
injury from doing it (playing twice in two days),
which no one wants to see, but it is very demanding
and I think it does need looking at.
"With the weather as well, with the fans coming from
London or travelling from Manchester, it has been
tough. It is a lot of money to spend over Christmas
as well. But it is what it is, we have to deal with that
and have to try and perform well."
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