"From next year, FIFA will alter the international match calendar, doing away with the existing two-week international breaks in both September and October. Instead those two breaks will be rolled into one compact three-week break that will take place across those two months. The new regular international match schedule will consist of three standard nine-day (i.e. two-match) breaks in March, June and November as well as a new, expanded 16-day break beginning in late September and running into early October."
"Speaking in 2021, the former Arsenal manager revealed that he wanted to drastically reduce the current system of five international breaks without reducing the number of games. Wenger's idea -- which he himself admitted was a "gamble" -- was to stage two breaks (in October and March) or even just one (in October) for a month in total in a bid to reduce workload on players and alleviate the "chaos" and "congestion""
FIFA has approved a new international match calendar that removes separate two-week September and October breaks and combines them into a longer late-September/early-October period. The revised schedule includes three standard nine-day breaks in March, June and November, plus a new 16-day window spanning late September into early October that can accommodate up to four fixtures. The October friendly between Mexico and Ecuador will be the last played under the current October break format. Former Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has proposed even more radical consolidation of international breaks to reduce player workload and fixture congestion.
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