科尔·帕尔默退出英格兰欧国联大名单，证明了足球过度拥挤的赛程正将顶级球员推向极限，职业足球运动员协会（PFA）首席执行官马赫塔·莫兰戈周二表示。
Cole Palmer's withdrawal from England's Nations League squad is proof that football's overloaded calendar is driving elite players beyond their limits, Professional Footballers' Association Chief Executive Maheta Molango said on Tuesday.
帕尔默、马库斯·拉什福德、德克兰·赖斯、科比·梅努和蒂诺·利夫拉门托在最新一期国际比赛日前退出了英格兰大名单。
Palmer, Marcus Rashford, Declan Rice, Kobbie Mainoo and Tino Livramento pulled out of England's squad ahead of the latest international window.
“当我们在英格兰看到有五名球员需要退出征召——入选国家队是球员职业生涯中最引以为豪的时刻——你不得不自问：这个行业到底出了什么问题？”莫兰戈在伦敦举行的“巅峰表现与健康峰会”上对记者说道。
"When we in England see five players need to withdraw from a call-up, which is the single most proud moment that you have as a player to be called up for the national team, then you just ask yourself: what's wrong about the industry?" Molango told reporters at the Peak Performance & Health Summit in London.
PFA和全球球员工会FIFPRO曾多次警告，足球赛程不可持续。
The PFA and global players' union FIFPRO have repeatedly warned that the football calendar is unsustainable.
本期欧国联窗口期退赛和受伤人数不断增加，给球员工会与赛事组织者之间关于精英球员每赛季预期出场场次的长期争端增添了紧迫性。
The growing number of withdrawals and injuries during the current Nations League window has added urgency to a long-running dispute between players' unions and competition organisers over the volume of games elite players are expected to play each season.
“当你看到像科尔·帕尔默这样的球员，本应连续四个夏天都在参赛（如果他参加了今年的世界杯），你就会纳闷：他为什么缺席？”莫兰戈说。
"When you see someone like Cole Palmer, who would have played four consecutive summers (had he played in this year's World Cup), then you wonder why he is missing?", Molango said.
“他缺席是因为他是赛程的受害者，我认为这绝对应该敲响警钟。”莫兰戈表示，英格兰的退赛名单是影响体坛巨星更广泛模式的一部分，他提到了德国的凯·哈弗茨、荷兰前锋布莱恩·布罗比和法国队长基利安·姆巴佩在欧国联中的受伤情况。
"He's missing because he is a victim of the calendar, and I think that's something that needs to absolutely trigger the alarm bell." Molango said England's withdrawal list was part of a wider pattern affecting the sport's biggest names, citing Nations League injuries to Germany's Kai Havertz, Dutch striker Brian Brobbey and France captain Kylian Mbappe.
“对于那些认为这只是英格兰问题的人，请看看哈弗茨、看看布罗比、看看姆巴佩，”他说。
"For those who think that it's only a matter in England, then look at Havertz, look at Brobbey, look at Mbappe," he said.
“这是一个让让我们梦想成真的人无法发挥的足球吗？对我来说，这非常令人担忧。”随着日益拥挤的赛程拉长了球员对俱乐部和国家队的承诺，关于球员福利的辩论愈演愈烈。
"Is it a football where the people who make us dream just cannot perform? For me, it's very worrying." The debate over player welfare has intensified as an increasingly congested calendar stretches players' commitments to club and country.
莫兰戈表示：“解决方案在于，那些旨在维护比赛而非盈利的管理机构，需要重新聚焦于真正重要的事情。这是一个病态的系统，因为它最终围绕的是选票的获取，而非足球的真正利益。”球迷的损失莫兰戈指出，足球运动正在剥夺球迷观看他们花钱买票想要看到的球星的机会。
"The solution is for governing bodies, who are here not to make money but to preserve the game, to refocus on what really matters," Molango said. "It is a system that is sick, because the system ultimately revolved around obtaining votes and not for what is good for football." SUPPORTERS DEPRIVED Molango said football was depriving supporters of the stars they pay to watch.
“像科尔·帕尔默、菲尔·福登这样的人缺席，是足球的失败，”他说。
"It's a defeat for football that people like Cole Palmer, people like Phil Foden, miss out," he said.
“我想在球场上看到莉亚·威廉姆森、露西·布隆泽、菲尔·福登和科尔·帕尔默。我希望看到他们展现出巅峰状态。这不应该是一场适者生存的竞赛。”英格兰队主教练托马斯·图赫尔对帕尔默的退出感到沮丧，他表示这位前锋“错过了太多”证明自己有资格身披国家队战袍的机会。
"I want to see Leah Williamson, Lucy Bronze, Phil Foden and Cole Palmer on the pitch. And I want to see them perform at their peak. It shouldn't be the survival of the fittest." England manager Thomas Tuchel responded with frustration to Palmer's withdrawal, saying the forward "misses too many opportunities" to prove he belongs in his country's shirt.
莫兰戈驳斥了关于受伤球员对国家队缺乏承诺的说法，他表示问题在于身体极限。
Rejecting suggestions that injured players are less committed to international duty, Molango said the issue was physical limits.
“他们热爱为英格兰队效力。他们热爱为自己的国家队效力，”他说。“但不幸的是，身体是有极限的。你无法欺骗生理规律。”莫兰戈还驳斥了关于阵容轮换的观点。
"They love to play for England. They love to play for their national team," he said. "But unfortunately your body puts a limit to it. You cannot cheat biology." Molango also rejected the notion of squad rotation.
“关于轮换的整个论调充满了虚伪，”他说。“如果我去听碧昂丝的演唱会，我想看到的是碧昂丝在舞台上。我不想看那个有才华的吉他手。我想看的是主角。”
"There's a lot of hypocrisy with this whole rotation argument," he said. "If I go and watch a concert of Beyonce, I want to see Beyonce on stage. I don't want to see the talented guitarist. I want to see the main actor."