How can clubs help players manage mental fatigue?

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How can clubs help players manage mental fatigue?

With some footballers travelling 150,000km+ in a single season, how can clubs, governing bodies and players' unions limit the mental toll of fixture congestion and help players suffering from burnout?

John Nassoori

Jun 27, 2025

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Over the course of the 2023/24 season, Spurs defender Christian Romero travelled 162,000km to and from matches for the London club and his country, Argentina (that’s over a third of the way to the moon, for those that like a slightly tangential, space-based barometer).

Almost two years on from the FIFPRO report that highlighted Romero’s journeys - and a…

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