Home · Sports · Sep 21 archive
Premier League Takes Extended International Break
Confirmed
In Short: Most Premier League teams are packed with international players, making the break particularly challenging. Brentford, for instance, has a longer break than almost every other team, having hosted Chelsea on Friday evening.
Brentford manager Keith Andrews has opted to give his remaining players the week off before they return to training on Saturday. This extended break is a result of merging the four games previously played in September and October into one slot.
For players not on international duty, this extended break poses a challenge. Keith Andrews noted, 'It's a long time for finely tuned athletes not to play competitively.
Most Premier League teams are packed with international players, making the break particularly challenging. Brentford, for instance, has a longer break than almost every other team, having hosted Chelsea on Friday evening.
Players on international duty will not have restrictions on leaving the country, but long-haul flights are unlikely to be sanctioned. Mauricio Pochettino's USMNT, for example, will play four friendlies during this window.
The decision to extend the September break was approved by the FIFA Council in March 2023, to be implemented following the 2026 World Cup. This change was driven by the need to accommodate the latest-ever World Cup final on July 19, which pushed domestic leagues back to late August.
Player welfare was also a significant factor in the extension, ensuring that international squads do not meet up again until November. In an increasingly globalized sport, travel places a significant strain on players, particularly those based at elite European clubs who must travel to the Americas or Asia during international windows.
What this adds
The extended break is part of a reoriented international calendar to better accommodate the World Cup schedule and player welfare.
What's confirmed
- Brentford manager Keith Andrews has opted to give his remaining players the week off before they return to training on Saturday. This extended break is a result of merging the four games previously played in September and October into one slot.
- For players not on international duty, this extended break poses a challenge. Keith Andrews noted, 'It's a long time for finely tuned athletes not to play competitively.
- Most Premier League teams are packed with international players, making the break particularly challenging. Brentford, for instance, has a longer break than almost every other team, having hosted Chelsea on Friday evening.
- Players on international duty will not have restrictions on leaving the country, but long-haul flights are unlikely to be sanctioned. Mauricio Pochettino's USMNT, for example, will play four friendlies during this window.
- The decision to extend the September break was approved by the FIFA Council in March 2023, to be implemented following the 2026 World Cup. This change was driven by the need to accommodate the latest-ever World Cup final on July 19, which pushed domestic leagues back to late August.
- Player welfare was also a significant factor in the extension, ensuring that international squads do not meet up again until November. In an increasingly globalized sport, travel places a significant strain on players, particularly those based at elite European clubs who must travel to the Americas or Asia during international windows.
What's still developing
- Football fans tend not to love international breaks, but this change has been done with good intentions.
- So the domestic game stops for three weeks, rather than four weeks across two windows.
- Here's how different teams plan to balance the international break.
- As is often the case in the first international window after a World Cup, there is something of a case of after the Lord Mayor's show to proceedings.
- Meanwhile, some of the most intriguing games of the whole window are probably to be found in Africa, where even AFCON qualification tends to claim some big scalps.
- That tournament was part of the spur for the reorienting of the international calendar; the fact that the final was the latest ever played in a summer tournament (July 19) meant that domestic leagues were shunted back to late August and would barely have had time to get up and running if the first window remained in its usual position of early September.
- An aircraft that appears to belong to Amazon went off the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, video shows.
- The 32-year-old Boeing 767 was flying from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and landed on runway 30, which is more than 9,000 feet long, according to FAA data.
- “21 Air Flight 7598 overran the runway after landing at Miami International Airport around 2 p.m. local time,” the FAA said in a statement to CNN. 21 Air is a cargo carrier with an operations center in Miami that performs flights for companies like Amazon and DHL using Boeing 767 aircraft.
- Runway excursions – when airplanes go off the runway – are the number one incident involving airplanes worldwide, according to data from the International Air Transport Association.
- (CNN) — An Amazon cargo aircraft overran the runway during a landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, striking multiple vehicles on a road surrounding the airport, officials said.
- Fernandez, 25, will now undergo a medical ahead of signing a long-term deal at City.