Each week, there are new threats and hand-wringing about the fixture list from the game's elite participants.
After mutterings by players about industrial action, Liverpool manager Arne Slot has joined the party by questioning why his side had to play Chelsea on Sunday before a Champions League match in Leipzig on Wednesday.
According to Slot, clubs in the Netherlands are given more time between fixtures. He conveniently forgot to mention the Eredivisie only has 18 teams and that his own bumper salary is part-financed by Sky Sports paying tens and tens of millions to show matches on a Sunday.