Man City winger Ferran Torres: This season's schedule is f***** up! | OneFootball

Manchester City winger Ferran Torres says the hectic fixture schedule in the Premier League and international calendar is harming players.

Torres has told El Pais that the pressure put on players to fill in a season's worth of fixtures in under eight months, rather than the usual nine to ten months, is having an adverse effect on the fitness of players across Europe.

"That is something that is not in my power, but it is true that there are many games and very followed and it can harm us," Torres explained

"I am young, but there are people who can find it difficult to recover, even for me. It's f***** up because it can lead to injuries."

He added: "In the first games I took terrible blows.

"You have to be smart and try to go to the crash as little as possible because the central defenders are very strong. You have to be quick and throw those unchecks because that also hurts the centrals. It blew me away when we played Sheffield United. They put up a defence of three very guerrilla centrals. There you realize what the Premier is like."