"Tottenham friendly, not a good thing"... Why is the England manager 'upset'?

England national soccer team manager Gareth Southgate has reacted negatively to Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United's planned friendly match in May.

This is because the match could have an impact on the 2024 European Football Championship (UEFA), which will be held at the end of the current season.

"Southgate has admitted that the idea of Tottenham and Newcastle playing a friendly in Australia at the end of the season is not good news for England's Euro 2024 preparations," the UK's Daily Mail reported.

According to the Daily Mail, Southgate said: "There will be more and more friendlies at the end of the season because because of Financial Fair Play (FFP), clubs have to make more money for themselves. We live in a bizarre world where there is more money than ever before, but federations and clubs are scrambling to make more money for everyone," he said, predicting that clubs will expand the number of end-of-season friendlies to address the FFP issue.

Clubs have been seeing more and more disciplinary cases for FFP violations in recent years, so it's no wonder they're concerned. So far this season, Everton and Nottingham Forest have received major punishments in the form of points deductions for related issues, and Leicester City, Chelsea, and Manchester City are expected to follow suit.

Southgate, who also manages the England national team, partially acknowledges that clubs have no choice but to increase the number of friendlies.

However, as a national team manager, it's not good news for players who need to play more international matches. This is especially true for England, who have to prepare for Euro 2024 immediately after the end of the season and are currently in the hunt for the title.

Furthermore, the friendly between Tottenham and Newcastle will take place in Australia, not England. "Tottenham and Newcastle will face each other in Melbourne, Australia, three days after the final round of the Premier League (PL) ends," says the Daily Mail. Both clubs are understood to be carrying all of their international players on 카지노사이트 the flight to Australia, separate from their commitments in England."

"That means Newcastle's Kieran Trippier and Anthony Gordon and Tottenham's James Maddison are likely to be included in the friendly tours," he said, adding that potential Euro 2024 candidates are being forced to travel after the end of the season.

The long round-trip flights and more games for players is something Southgate is not happy about.

"The normal way for clubs to generate more revenue is to play more games. Is that good news for us in terms of preparing (for Euro 2024)? No," he said of the schedule.

"But we're used to this way of preparing for tournaments, probably because of the FA Cup final and the UEFA Champions League final and the European Championship final. Even at the World Cup in Qatar, we traveled to Qatar with five days to prepare," he said, adding that the England team is used to this kind of situation.

Finally, Southgate showed his true colors as a national team manager when he said, "I hope we don't have any injuries in Australia."

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