David Moyes has proposed a British Cup following calls from UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin to scrap the League Cup.
Ceferin told The Times on Thursday that it would be “better for everyone” if England’s secondary knockout competition was taken off the fixture schedule to lighten the load of top players. Moyes prefers the idea of a revamp rather than scrapping it altogether, and likes the idea of teams from other countries from the British Isles taking part.
“My opinion on it is I’ve always thought we should have included Scotland,” he said.
“I think it could do with a revamp, maybe there’s a way that then a certain amount of Premier League teams wouldn’t enter.
“I understand the fixture pile-up and there are an awful lot of games for the top players. A lot who will be playing in the Euros and just off the back of playing long seasons, Saturday-Wednesday, and are then expected to start again in the Premier League with only two or three weeks’ break, so I don’t think that’s correct. The players are going to have no time off at all.
“It’s in need of some way of being revamped. Call it the British Cup. A couple of teams from Northern Ireland, maybe two of the Welsh League clubs. That could give us something different.”
I hate to say this but footballers should try living normal lives for a few months. They might find out what being exhausted really means. I know they train hard and play hard. Sometimes playing twice a week. How many days a week do they do actual hard physical training? How many hours a day does it last? Start late, finish early then off to the golf course. When I was younger I played Thursday afternoon football. Then Saturday afternoon. Then Sunday morning. I worked all week on a building sight, all the while bringing up my children and supporting a household. I did this on a weekly wage equivalent to about 2 hours wages for a modern day player. I know it was at a completely different level but I gave my all every game.I cannot help but hear their pleas of tiredness with a certain amount of scepticism. Try living in the real world lads.