Alan Shearer has hit back at Virgil Van Dijk claiming that too many football matches are being played in a short space of time.
The Liverpool captain urged other players in England to step up and vocally speak out against the schedule list:
“In England we believe the schedules are too busy,” Van Dijk said.
“The players are getting paid well but it should never come at the cost of our health.
“We keep having to play more and more games. We as players should start saying something about it, contribute to a solution.”
On the rest is football podcast, Shearer responded to Van Dijk’s comments.
“Nonsense, nonsense. Players are playing too much football? What? I mean, come on,” Shearer said.
“I know that you should never mention the money, but they’ve got bigger squads than ever, more substitutes than ever, you’re getting paid more money than ever, you’ve got the best physios, you’ve got the best technology, you’ve got the best of everything.
“Do me a favour, playing too much football? F****** hell.”
Shearer later recognised Van Dijk’s comments translating to a different meaning than he initially thought.
He added: “Didn’t he say it was England, that they play too much football? International football, I sort of get and understand.
“They’re just creating more games and I know why they’re doing it, we all know why they’re doing it, they’re doing it for financial reasons. But here in England, you can tell I don’t really agree with that.”
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