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Interview: Vincent Kompany joins future of football debate with call for match cap

Kompany

Getty Images | “When you're young and you're getting pushed and you've got, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 thousand people each week, the revenues are coming in and you're going to take on the world, you don't care about your body. You don't care about your health. You just go for it," says former Manchester City-captain Vincent Kompany who leads efforts by professional footballers to have a greater say in the ongoing debate about control of the international football calendar.

Kompany has founded Global Players Council to empower professionals in ongoing debate on future of football.

FIFPro backed move could have big consequences for squad sizes.

Man City legend weighs in to player load debate, calling for ‘cap’ on number of games players can play in a season.

Offthepitch.com research shows that World Cup winners played 10 per cent more games than a generation ago.

30 January 2020 - 4:23 PM

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