The Premier League may have to scrap its mid-season break because of an overcrowded football calendar. The change could come into effect in the 2024–2025 season with FIFA’s revamped 32-team Club World Cup set to take place in the summer of 2025.
The Premier League introduced the break–which this season will take the form of a structured two-week period in January–in 2018 to ease the workload on players.
The chief executive, Richard Masters, admits it is under discussion as it could become unworkable. “It is one of the things we are discussing with the FA [Football Association] and EFL [English Football League].
