Calendar Quote by Dani Carvajal

The football calendar is absolutely jam-packed. Players are being stretched to the limit and FIFA and UEFA carry responsibility for that.

— Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Every summer at a club is important because you have some changes in the squad.

— Petr Cech

Over the summer, you do have to take that time to relax and go on holiday with your mates and get away from football.

— Ben Chilwell

You need to look to make a cohesive calendar that makes sense and helps elongate the careers of your players as opposed to shorten…

— Jim Courier

The ideal time to take over a club is always in the summer, but I'd certainly rather take over with four games having gone…

— Chris Hughton

It drives you on all season when you see the end rewards, first and foremost for your club, and then, obviously, to play at…

— Harry Maguire

If you play the same club every week of every month, it's kind of boring. It's great that you can play one night in…

— Tiesto

We want to play a full year, July to July, because that will mean we've been successful.

— Jamie Carragher

As players you are always trying to do different things in the summer.

— Jarome Iginla

In football, we do a proper pre-season and then there are so many matches until December. But then there's still half a season to…

— Diogo Jota

In December, every league has a break, but in England, it is not like this.

— Samir Nasri

Players around the world seem to play year round. We can't complain, we just have to deal with it.

— Jozy Altidore