ZURICH: FIFA needs to take care of the players when it plans the next international match calendar, the head of a key committee at soccer's governing body told Reuters on Thursday. Victor Montagliani said that the international calendar and the transfer system were among the priorities for the football stakeholders committee, which brings together representatives of the players, clubs and leagues. The current match calendar runs until 2024 and allows for around eight to 10 international matches per year in addition to major tournaments such as the World Cup, European championship and Copa America. Top players can easily play 60 to 70 matches in a season for their clubs and national teams. "It's a pretty busy match calendar, so we need to take care of the players, all of us, because at the end of the day, that's what we're all here for," said Montagliani, who is also president of CONCACAF. "The FIFA staff have started collecting data ...
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