Harry Redknapp is fuming over
Tottenham's fixture congestion
and the logic of an international week before the season.
Redknapp will lose the majority of his squad for the week in the
build-up to Tottenham's
Premier League opener against
Manchester City on August 14 due
to international fixtures on August 11, when England play
Hungary.
Spurs will then face a Champions League qualifier in mid-August
and their manager is less than impressed with the overload in
matches.
"It's crazy," he told a press conference after the defeat to
Villarreal.
"We pile more games in. The last thing we need really is to be
playing games.
"We need to train. I need to get the players on the training
pitch because all we do is play and recover.
"I didn't want this game tonight. Too many games have been
scheduled and it's a problem."
He added: "Can someone tell me why we have an international week
on the week of the season starting?
"They have just been away as a group together to the
World Cup. They have come home,
they're probably sick of the sight of each other.
"Now they are going to have an international week before we play
the first game of the season and then we play a Champions League
qualifier.
"I won't see those players from the Saturday night until the
Friday before we play Manchester
City. I won't see them once, not once.
"How can that be a way to prepare for the start of the
season?"
Redknapp continued: "There will probably be one or two players left
at the training ground for the whole week before we play
Manchester City.
"Why? What is the point in it? A meaningless (international)
friendly for what reason?"