Wenger to lead FIFA talks on player welfare – Yahoo Sport Australia

FIFA has asked former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to lead talks on the hot topic of improving player welfare.
Measures could include limiting the number of games they can play in a congested calendar and mandating off-season breaks.
FIFA said on Monday that a Wenger-led task force "will convene in the coming weeks" and include delegates from global players' union FIFPRO, clubs and domestic leagues, plus national federations.
Those groups previously had seats on a committee of stakeholders that FIFA shut down in 2021.
The new panel's scope will include "operational, medical, regulatory and legal perspectives," FIFA said, without specifying a timetable or path to making decisions.
The consultation will start with FIFA under increasing legal pressure to listen more to stakeholders, including a formal complaint to the European Commission in Brussels this month by union and league officials.
FIFA's decision to schedule a 32-team Club World Cup in the United States next June and July has drawn ferocious criticism and threats of legal action from FIFPRO.
Meanwhile, leading players and managers have claimed the demands on players has left them at breaking point and prompted some to talk of going on strike.
"The task force is due to make recommendations informed by the latest scientific research into the topic of players' physical and mental wellbeing," FIFA said in a statement.
Wenger, the former Arsenal coach, has been FIFA's head of global soccer development since 2019.

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