Jurgen Klopp has been vocal in the past over his view that the football calendar is simply too hectic.
The Liverpool boss has seen his side play 58 games in all competitions so far this season, and by the time the end of the season arrives their run to the finals of the Carabao Cup, FA Cup and Champions League, as well as a bruising 38-game Premier League season will mean the Reds will have played 63 times during the 2021/22 campaign.
From 2024 the planned changes to the format of the Champions League, devised under the 'Swiss Model', had included creating a new larger league table to replace group stages, with the games rising from six to 10. The increase of games would have had a knock-on effect for clubs, particularly in English football, with more midweek slots required, potentially putting competitions like the Carabao Cup at risk.
