The row between FIFA and the global players’ union FIFPro over football’s congested calendar has caused what appears to be a complete breakdown in cooperation between the two organisations.
Last week, the union teamed up with Europe’s top domestic leagues to lodge a formal complaint against world football’s governing body at the European Commission. And, earlier this summer, the union’s European branch started proceedings in a Belgian court over FIFA’s failure to consult the players’ representatives on the international match calendar.
FIFA has not yet responded to the European…