Football will reach saturation point if matches keep being added to the calendar, according to Premier League chief executive Richard Masters.
"It’s a really difficult thing to predict when saturation takes hold," he said.
He added: "If our clubs get to the final of those competitions, what sort of teams are they going to be able to field at the start of the Premier League season when we have an obligation to the players to give them three weeks’ rest, which they won’t get? Masters also defended suggestions the Premier League's own pre-season initiatives, such as the Summer Series in the United States, have added to the problem.
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