{"id":290389,"date":"2023-09-28T22:35:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T22:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290389"},"modified":"2023-09-28T22:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T22:35:41","slug":"vincent-kompany-proposes-a-radical-plan-to-tackle-an-injury-epidemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/vincent-kompany-proposes-a-radical-plan-to-tackle-an-injury-epidemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Vincent Kompany proposes a radical plan to tackle an injury epidemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Burnley boss Vincent Kompany proposes a radical plan to cap the number of games top stars can play in a season to 60<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vincent Kompany has proposed a radical play to tackle the injury epidemic\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He believes that a cap on appearances within a season could help injury issues\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Almost 100 Premier League stars are either out of the weekend&#8217;s fixtures or battling to prove their fitness and top-flight managers are increasingly exasperated by an ever-expanding schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Kompany, whose final years as Manchester City&#8217;s captain were plagued by muscle problems, believes there should be a limit imposed on appearances in a campaign to curb the issues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;For the players at the top, who have to play for their national teams and all of these other competitions, it should be capped appearances within a season,&#8217; the Burnley boss said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Put a number on it. It&#8217;s not for me to put a number on it, (but) 60 or 65 games. They (still) have to work hard, don&#8217;t get me wrong, but 60 games takes a little bit away.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It would put the pressure more on coaches and national teams to come to a common-sense calendar.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/21\/75951947-0-image-a-4_1695931690698.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Vincent Kompany believes there should be a limit imposed on appearances in a campaign to curb injury issues<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/21\/75951953-0-image-a-7_1695931710944.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/21\/75951963-0-image-a-6_1695931710922.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Bernardo Silva and Rodri both played over 60 matches last season for Manchester City<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody across the world featured more often for club and country last season than Manchester United&#8217;s Bruno Fernandes, who appeared a staggering 70 times. Thirteen players made 65 or more appearances. Fifty-five hit the 60-game mark, with 110 ending the season on at least 57 matches.<\/p>\n<p>The 5,304 minutes chalked up by City midfielder Rodri across 66 matches as they secured a Treble saw him as the sixth hardest worked outfielder, while team-mate Bernardo Silva played 67 times.<\/p>\n<p>The Spain international, whose campaign would have been more gruelling but for a disappointingly early World Cup exit, revealed last month that he has held talks with City over game time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s not healthy,&#8217; he said. &#8216;You can do it for one season, but when it&#8217;s two or three in a row, it can be worse for the team because your physicality can drop. So I have to watch out. We have already spoken that it cannot always be like this.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rodri&#8217;s manager, Pep Guardiola, has repeatedly claimed that the authorities are &#8216;killing&#8217; players. There are fears over the Champions League&#8217;s expansion from next year, as well as a larger Club World Cup held during the summer months, starting from 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Kompany retired in 2019 and suggested that elite football has become more intense in the time since he hung up his foots, adding an extra layer to injury problems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There is a part of the league with an enormous amount of international players playing all over the world who get very little rest,&#8217; Kompany added. &#8216;If I look at the position we&#8217;re in, compared to the Championship last season, it is OK. We&#8217;re all right.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I really believe in common sense. You&#8217;re not going to keep a player away from finals or important games, you&#8217;re not going to do that, but I think if you decide that physiologically that 65 games is beyond healthy then that should be the cap.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So when he has to have time off, he has time off. Squads get bigger, players get more game time &#8211; everyone is happy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;After that, you start juggling around like you do when you have an injured player. It&#8217;s no more difficult than that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/22\/75955015-12572767-image-a-7_1695936870440.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>City manager Pep Guardiola has repeatedly claimed the authorities are &#8216;killing&#8217; players\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12572767\/Burnley-Vincent-Kompany-Man-City-injuries-Premier-League.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Burnley boss Vincent Kompany proposes a radical plan to cap the number of games top stars can play in a season to 60 Vincent Kompany <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/vincent-kompany-proposes-a-radical-plan-to-tackle-an-injury-epidemic\/\" title=\"Vincent Kompany proposes a radical plan to tackle an injury epidemic\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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