Manchester City's 2022/23 season began 11 months ago in Houston, and some of those players have been playing non-stop ever since.
With the much-maligned June international break this week, City players have had the high of completing the treble, celebrating in Turkey, Ibiza and Manchester, and are now back in training with their national teams. When they wrap up next week, they will only get a couple of weeks to themselves before City recall them for pre-season training.
Last summer, players only had two or three weeks to themselves either side of the June internationals before pre-season, and they have since played 64 games plus a World Cup campaign. That is a game to prepare for every five days on average, and the outlook doesn't look much easier going into next season.
