• England manager says players are mentally fatigued
• Southgate sympathises with Premier League coaches
Gareth Southgate has suggested players have been put at risk after the Premier League season kicked off too soon after the conclusion of the summer’s World Cup.
The England manager, whose side confront Spain in their latest Nations League fixture on Monday, expressed sympathy for his counterparts at club level who had been put in an “impossible situation”, picking players left jaded by their lack of recovery time since Russia.
Written by Dominic Fifield in Seville
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/oct/14/gareth-southgate-premier-league-kicked-off-too-soon under the title “Gareth Southgate claims Premier League season kicked off too soon”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
