Carlo Ancelotti has said Real Madrid are considering allowing players to take short breaks during the season with concerns about the congested fixture schedule. (More Sports News)
Ancelotti, who led Los Blancos to a record sixth Super Cup triumph against Atalanta on Wednesday, now turns h💖is attention to the new LaLiga season.&nꦫbsp;
Madrid travel to the Visit Mallorca Estadi to face Mallorca on Sunday in their opening league encounter as they begin their title defence with Kylian M💎bappe in their ranks.
However, Ancelotti revealed that the club are considering extended breaks away from action during the season due t𝄹o the pressures of domestic and club football.
"The players need rest, they need holidays and we are thinking about giving individual holidays to the players du𝄹ring the season," Ancelotti said.
"We are thinking about giving in-season breaks, give a week of❀f for a player so he can go and sta🧜y with his family, especially international players, who have very little rest because they usually don't get even a day's holiday in international breaks.
"We are assessing it with the medical staff and the phy🐻sical preparation."
Following their La Liga and Champio🍌ns League double last season, Ancelotti faces the possibility of winning seven titles during the 2024-25 campaign.
Los Blancos will compete in LaLiga, the Champio🅺ns League, Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, plus the FIFA Interco🐻ntinental Cup and the new Club World Cup in the United States.
Madrid have strengthened with the arrivals of Mbappe and Endrick, but Ancelotti believes the club need to make sacrifices to preserve the h🏅ealth and fitness of their players.
The Italian said he and his staff ar𒈔e already looking ahe𓆏ad to the 2025-26 season, with the 2026 World Cup putting extra demands on international players.
"At the moment we still don't even know the date (of t𓆉he Club World Cup), same with the Intercontinental. We are bidding for seven titles but we still💎 don't know when or how," Ancelotti said.
"The 2025-26 season mi🐈ght start earlier because of the World Cup, so we have to plan accordingly starting thi🍬s season.
"For example, when Vinicius Jr comes back after playing with Brazil, instead of playing in☂ LaLiga, he rests for three or four days, he goes on holiday and then he comes back.
"That's the only way. Normally those players train, even if they d𝔉on't play. But we're going to take that away, let them do what they want on those days. 🉐That's what we're going to do."
