Players from Premier League teams have contacted the PFA, the players' union, to "express concern" over their involvement in post-season tours, PFA CEO Maheta Molango, has said.
Manchester United returned from a two-game trip to Asia on Saturday after flying out for friendlies in Malaysia and Hong Kong within hours of the club's final Premier League fixture of the 2024-25 season against Aston Villa on May 25.
In May 2024, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United met in a post-season friendly in Melbourne, Australia, just three days after the final weekend of the 2023-24 Premier League campaign.
Manchester City have also travelled for post-season games in Canada in the United States in recent years.
Sources have told ESPN that United's trip to Asia last week earned the club