Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti says the club are considering giving players holidays during the season to cope with fixture congestion.
Ancelotti's comments come amid the Professional Footballers' Association announcing in June that it, with the support of players' union Fifpro,"The players need rest, they need holidays and we are thinking about giving individual holidays to the players during the season," said Ancelotti.
This season, all three European club competitions will be expanded to 36 teams. The Champions League and Europa League will have eight first-phase games compared to the six in the 2023-24 campaign. "At the moment we still don't even know the date , same with the Intercontinental Cup," added Ancelotti, who side beat Atalanta to win the Uefa Super Cup on Wednesday."The 2025-26 season might start earlier because of the World Cup, so we have to plan accordingly starting this season.
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