Barcelona forward Robert Lewandowski has expressed concerns over the amount of football being played, adding that he thinks it is contributing to a decline in the quality of games.
FIFA on Thursday offered talks with global groups of football leagues and player unions to end a three-month deadlock after they threatened legal action over adding to the packed competitions calendar.
“This season is going to be more tough than before because we have more games in the Champions League … there are the games with the club but also the national team, so we travel a lot,” Lewandowski told ESPN.
“That will be a huge challenge for every club and every player, because the expectations are always very high, and you play every two days, and people expect you play every game at the highest level.
“It’s almost impossible to stay on top of your game, every game, because you don’t have time for resting well, you don’t have time to be outside of football in your mind … We are human, we are not machines.
“Probably in the end, the quality of the games of football will a little bit be going down because of the intensity of the games.”
