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‘Players are being flogged. If I were Manchester City, I’d declare my entire first team injured and send the youth team to the Club World Cup. I think it’s a joke’ David James warns FIFA over burnout risk

David James.

FIFA are playing fast and loose with the fitness of the world’s best players ahead of this month’s newly expanded Club World Cup, according to David James.

The expanded tournament which begins next weekend, will feature 32 teams from all corners of the globe compete in the USA over the next month after FIFA abandoned the old format that saw just seven teams take part, with just seven games played in total.

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