It's a bit crazy the amount we play and, I can't lie, I get tired

But the 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 that earned the Premier League a new TV deal worth £6.7 billion will suffer.

- Simon Mullock

 

BERNARDO SILVA admits he cannot complain about the increasing demands of football when the game has made him a multi-millionaire.

Silva regularly 13-kilometre 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.

He said: "I am not going to lie, sometimes I feel tired. All of us, we feel tired for some games because we play every three days. We don't rest. We have no Christmas, we have no summer.

"But that's the price you pay for being at a top club and fighting for all competitions.