Premier League CEO Richard Masters insists that the size of the Premier League will not drop from 20 clubs to 18 on an increasing number of football calendars.
The new top-level season will open on August 15 after Chelsea canceled the victory of European champion Paris Saint-Germain.
It will start a 11-month competitive football game, eventually in the new 48 World Cup finals of the men in the United States, Mexico and Canada in June and July 2026.
Critics who they think they think are too busy have been growing steadily in recent years.
Last year, Manchester City midfielder and Borren de Dean Rodri warned that players were approaching a strike due to the increase in the number of clubs expected to play each season.
The European Union (UEFA) expanded its three continental club matches – the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League – were key factors in the decision to get the FA Cup replay last semester.
Although France’s Ligue 1 chose to reduce to 18 teams in the 2023-24 season, Masters said the move would not be replicated throughout the channel.
“I don’t think we should be forced to make this decision,” Masters told BBC Sport.
“I go all out, the games our club can play and exciting games, but not at the expense of domestic football.”
The Master’s comments are in the ongoing controversy between FIFA and the Players’ League in terms of the potential impact of the schedule on player welfare.
The masters shared the union’s belief that FIFA did not conduct a proper consulting process before implementing the expansion of the club World Cup and World Cup.
“The jury involves the competitiveness of format and scheduling and basic economics, but evaluating the success of the club’s World Cup or otherwise is not my job,” Masters said.
“My job is to assess whether these new matches will affect the domestic calendar and domestic matches in one of the Premier League.
“Since 1994, the Premier League has played 380 games and there are 20 clubs. We have not changed our figure at all.
“Now, we are now starting to redesign our domestic calendar on the altar of European and global expansion.
“We ask players to participate in more games. At the top of the game, there must be an appropriate conversation between FIFA and all stakeholders about the progress of these things.
“That was regrettably missing.”
Chelsea and Manchester City both participated in the club World Cup, demanding that the Premier League reject their respective domestic campaigns delay the start – a decision was made for the fair good, the masters said.
“It’s the impact of other football agencies on us that directly affect the decisions of the domestic league,” Masters said.
“When you finish the game in mid-July and give players three weeks off, there is only one week before the start of the season.
“It doesn’t add up. It puts us in unnecessary conflict with our own clubs. It’s not just the people involved in the club’s World Cup. It’s the club they’re playing football, and we have to be fair to everyone.”
