Thibaut Courtois has called out UEFA for not caring about players instead they care about money.
He says players are being treated like “robots” and their welfare is ignored by football governing bodies.
“This game is just a money game, we have to be honest about it,” the 29 year old goalkeeper told Sky Sports.
“We just play it because for Uefa it is extra money and it is an extra game on TV.
“OK, for us it’s a good game because it’s against Italy and for Italy it’s a good game because it’s against Belgium , but look how much both teams changed their players - if we both had been in the final there would have been other players playing.’
“This just shows that we play too many games,” Courtois continued. “Next year we have a World Cup in November, we maybe have to plays till the latter stages of June again. We will get injured and nobody cares about the players anymore.
“After a long season we will have to play four games in the Nations League again, we will have two weeks’s holiday and that’s not enough for players to be able to continue playing 12 months at the highest level.
“If we never say anything it will always be the same. They (Uefa) can be very angry about other teams making a Super League but they don’t care about players, they just care about their pockets.”
FIFA is working on a proposal to have the World Cup after two years and not the usual four year calendar.
“You hear that the want to put a European Championships and a World Cup every year,” added Courtois. “When will we get a rest? Never.
“So in the end top players will get injured all the time and that’s the end of it. It’s something that should be much better and better taken care of . We are not robots.”
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