Xtra Time Web Desk : Current footballing superstars, Kylian Mbappe and Robert Lewandowski on Monday opened up on the much speculated talks over FIFA World Cup to be biennial. Both the players were in favour of not organizing the show piece tournament due to their own workload and quality of the play.
In an event on Monday, French superstar Mbappe said, “I’m nobody to say if it’s a good or bad idea, but my opinion is the World Cup is the World Cup — it’s a special thing because it’s something (held) every four years. (It is) the best thing, the best competition in the world. If you hold it every two years, it can start to be normal to play (in the) World Cup. I want to say that’s not normal. That (should be) something amazing. We play over 60 games in a year. You have Euros, the World Cup, now the Nations League — so many competitions. We are happy to play but when it’s too much, it’s too much. We have to recover, we have to stay relaxed. If people want to see quality in the game, the emotion, to see what makes the beauty of football, I think we have to respect the health of players.”
Also, Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski opined, “We have so many games every each year, so many tough weeks, not only the games but preparation for the season, preparation for the big tournaments. If you want to offer something special, something different, we also need a break. If we have a World Cup every two years, the expectation is the time where footballers play at a high level will go down… It is physically and mentally impossible.”