Elite schedule 'not sustainable' amid 55-game seasons

Cole Palmer missed the 2026 World Cup after struggling last season with chronic injury [Getty Images]The Premier League may have just returned from a three-week break, but for many of its stars there was no rest at all.Of all the Premier League players called up by their countries, 25 played 360 minutes - the full length of four games - during the extended international break.These included 13 players who featured for their clubs at the World Cup, such as Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, who a