Southgate shares Klopp's fears over player burnout


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - UEFA Nations League - League A - Group 2 - England v Iceland - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - November 18, 2020 England manager Gareth Southgate Pool via REUTERS/Carl Recine

(Reuters) - England manager Gareth Southgate shares Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp's concerns about player fatigue amid a congested schedule and says the decision to revert to three substitutes from five in the Premier League could have a knock-on effect at the Euros.

Soccer's rule-making body, the International Football Association Board, gave leagues the option of continuing to use five substitutes per match in the 2020-21 campaign after introducing the system earlier this year, with games coming thick and fast after the COVID-19 pandemic truncated the length of the season.

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