Jurgen Klopp has called on footballing authorities to focus on player welfare rather than money amid concerns over an inevitable fixture pile-up for Liverpool in the festive period.
Klopp threatened earlier this week to pull Liverpool from the Carabao Cup if an appropriate new date is not found for their quarter-final tie against Aston Villa.
The Villa game is scheduled to take place in the week commencing December 16, but Liverpool's FIFA Club World Cup semi-final is set for December 18 in Qatar.
A solution has been mooted to move the Villa game to January 8, and while that could be viable, it will only add to Liverpool's intense festive fixture list:
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