BERNARDO SILVA admits he can’t complain about the increasing demands of football when the game has made him a multi-millionaire.
But the livewire Manchester City midfielder has warned that players are not only being put in harm’s way by a workload that will include a new Club World Cup in 2025 but that the quality, which has earned the Premier League a new TV deal worth £6.7bn, will suffer.
Silva regularly puts in 13km shifts for City and Portugal – and will continue to do so while the money rolls in.
But as Pep Guardiola’s Treble winners attempt to become world champions for the first time during a week-long stint in Saudi Arabia, the 29-year-old felt compelled to serve notice that the game is at breaking point.
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