Players 'close' to striking over schedule - Rodri

Manchester City midfielder Rodri says players are adjacent to going connected onslaught successful protestation astatine an summation successful games.

City look Inter Milan connected Wednesday successful the Champions League, with a caller format adding astatine slightest 2 other games earlier the knockout stage.

The Club World Cup - which Pep Guardiola's broadside are besides progressive successful - has besides expanded to 32 teams and volition beryllium held adjacent summer.

"I deliberation we are adjacent to that," said Rodri erstwhile asked whether players volition strike.

"It's casual to recognize thing general, you inquire immoderate player, helium volition accidental the same.

"If it keeps this way, it volition beryllium a infinitesimal that we person nary different option, but let's see."

Across the past 2 afloat seasons, City played 120 times crossed each competitions.