The saturated football calendar has been a frequent topic for players and pundits alike in the last 12 months, with the like of Dani Carvajal, Thibaut Courtois and Rodri Hernandez all being

A players' union, the European leagues' group and Spain's LaLiga accused FIFA of "abuse" on Monday as they filed a joint complaint about the governing body's international match schedule to European Union antitrust regulators.

In a busy soccer season when players have talked of going on strike, their union teamed up with domestic leagues to go to the European Union on Monday with a long-promised challenge to FIFA about how it adds new and bigger men’s competitions.

Major bodies representing footballers and clubs in Europe on Monday filed a complaint to the European Commission accusing FIFA of abusing its position over changes to the international match calendar and tournament expansions.

FIFA have gone too far. At last the players and clubs/leagues saying enough is enough. The empire building from FIFA has seen them go a step too far and hopefully this will be a turning point in stopping the ever more congested football calendar.

Players' union, FIFpro and top European leagues have made an official complaint against FIFA's "abusive" international match calendar.