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GRUMPY TUCHEL & KLOPP NEED TO GET REAL

Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

WHINGE: Thomas Tuchel

REGULAR readers of this column will know I am no advocate of the packed Christmas schedule.
Tired players rarely produce good football and the spectacle served up in January is often a step above Sunday League.
Nevertheless, it took some front for Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and his Chelsea counterpart Thomas Tuchel to whinge and gripe about player welfare.
Clubs in League One and Two have every right to moan. Many operate with 18-man squads, all of them play more games, and few have enough depth in the youth ranks to suppl...

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