FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Euro 2020 Qualifier - Group E - Croatia v Azerbaijan - Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Croatia - March 21, 2019 Croatia's Ivan Rakitic in action with Azerbaijan's Gara Garayev REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic
BERN (Reuters) - The global footballers' union FIFPRO wants concrete safeguards to protect players from fixture overload and the consequent risk of injury as the sport catches up with a backlog of matches following the novel coronavirus stoppage.
FIFPRO general secretary Jonas Baer-Hoffmann told Reuters that, with the sport facing an overcrowded calendar for the next three years, the union was talking to European clubs and leagues to find ways of protecting players.
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