Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has compared fixture congestion to climate change, saying it is an issue football's leaders have not acted upon.
Klopp said: "When we start talking about it I really get angry.
"It is like with the climate. We all know we have to change but people are like 'what do we have to do?'. I'm in that as well, no doubt about that."
The World Cup takes place from 21 November to 18 December and no Premier League games will be played between 13 November and 25 December.
"The problem is the players that play the World Cup.