Kimmich urges clubs to rotate due to packed football schedule

Germany star Joshua Kimmich believes clubs will need to rotate their squads to avoid burnout from extra games

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00:00Looking back at the last 10 years, there haven't been as many games.

00:08Of course, it's different in England. They have one more cup, two more teams in the league,

00:14they have more players than we do, they don't have a winter break, they have a lot of games.

00:19Personally, I like the winter break.

00:21At home, it's good. And in the summer, I think we had three weeks off.

00:27I found that to be a bit too little.

00:31I like to have the holiday to go all the way down.

00:35I think during the season, the fact is that there haven't been as many games.

00:42This is the first season in which we have two more games in the Champions League.

00:46Maybe four, depending.

00:48Then there's the club World Cup in the summer.

00:52This is the first season for me personally, where there are more games and more games will be played.

00:59It's also the case that you can change five times in the meantime.

01:03The squad is getting a bit bigger.

01:05As a coach and as a club, you have the possibility to switch.

01:11I think every player is individual.