“Everybody in every club is always concerned about the Christmas period and this is much more than the Christmas period.

“So when 20 clubs are concerned with the accumulation of matches around the Christmas fixtures then imagine what we feel in this moment. So, yes, we are concerned.

“But the people who make these decisions forget that one English team – not Tottenham – one English team could be us, could be Spurs, could be Wolves or Sheffield or another one. They forgot this situation is not possible.

“I don’t think it’s about people who make these decisions, it’s not about people not caring about players, I think it’s just the wrong people in the places.