The Three-Week International Break Changes Squad Planning For Premier League Clubs

The Three-Week International Break Changes Squad Planning For Premier League ClubsPremier League managers have spent years building squads around a familiar rhythm: two short international breaks in early autumn, each one a brief pause before club football resumed. That rhythm no longer exists. From the 2026-27 season, following the 2026 World Cup, the September and October windows have been merged into a single 21-day block, and the squad that can get through it looks nothing like the squad tha