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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Gardner

The tension has been escalating – PFA chief feels strike threat not gone away

Players’ union chief executive Maheta Molango believes the threat of players striking over workload has not gone away and says tensions between his members and competition organisers have “escalated” over the last four years.

Some of the world’s top stars are currently involved in the Club World Cup in the United States, often training and playing in high temperatures on the back of long domestic seasons and with new campaigns just around the corner.

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