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Rodri's strong words
- Author, Simon Stone
- Role, Chief football news reporter
Manchester City midfielder Rodri has put the cat among the pigeons talking about players taking strike action over the workload they have been presented with.
Most fans know about the expanded Champions League now, quite a few are aware of the Club World Cup at the end of the season.
It has largely been overlooked that between the Champions League final and the Club World Cup there are two World Cup qualifying dates.
World players' union Fifpro is on the case and when I spoke to PFA chief executive Maheta Molango last month he was unrepentant about the potential for a legal threat.
The key point is who would the action be taken against? The FA, Premier League, EFL, Uefa and Fifa are all competition organisers.
Most people around the game accept the calendar needs sorting out. But it is not easy.
The Premier League did not reach a funding package with the EFL last year, so the EFL refused to abandon the established two-legged semi-finals for its competition.
No-one wants to give their competition or their status up.