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David Moyes: Everton players taking part in the 2012 Olympics cannot expect extra time off to recover
The Scottish boss has admitted that several of his squad have received invitations to compete in London this summer but says they will have to consider it their own holiday time
26 Jan 2012 10:46:00
By Oliver Platt
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Everton players wishing to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games will not receive extra time off to recover during the summer, according to manager David Moyes.
Moyes claimed that several members of his squad had been invited to participate for their countries in the football tournament in London.
The tournament will not end until 11 August, with the Premier League season likely to begin a matter of days later, but Moyes insists he can't afford to give players recovery time after too.
"Quite a lot of our players have had letters of invitation," Moyes told the Liverpool Echo.
"Am I worried? I am because there’s a lot of them got all sorts of things going on over the summer so I am a bit worried about the whole thing.
"We accept international tournaments. What we’re willing to do to those boys is give them a bit of extra time off because the players definitely need a holiday.
"But I think the players going to the Olympics will have to consider their own holiday time and it couldn’t be eaten into the club’s time."
Moyes admitted it would be difficult to discourage players from taking part in the tournament, but the 48-year-old pointed out that it was his responsibility to look after Everton's interests.
"It’s a real difficult one," he continued. "It would be hard to say to players not to, but in the same breath this [Everton] is their bread and butter and this is where they get paid.
"They do need holidays and they can’t then be asking for spare time off that doesn’t fit in. If they say 'I’m playing in the Olympics then I might need a week off to recover', there can never be anything like that."
Moyes claimed that several members of his squad had been invited to participate for their countries in the football tournament in London.
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The tournament will not end until 11 August, with the Premier League season likely to begin a matter of days later, but Moyes insists he can't afford to give players recovery time after too.
"Quite a lot of our players have had letters of invitation," Moyes told the Liverpool Echo.
"Am I worried? I am because there’s a lot of them got all sorts of things going on over the summer so I am a bit worried about the whole thing.
"We accept international tournaments. What we’re willing to do to those boys is give them a bit of extra time off because the players definitely need a holiday.
"But I think the players going to the Olympics will have to consider their own holiday time and it couldn’t be eaten into the club’s time."
Moyes admitted it would be difficult to discourage players from taking part in the tournament, but the 48-year-old pointed out that it was his responsibility to look after Everton's interests.
"It’s a real difficult one," he continued. "It would be hard to say to players not to, but in the same breath this [Everton] is their bread and butter and this is where they get paid.
"They do need holidays and they can’t then be asking for spare time off that doesn’t fit in. If they say 'I’m playing in the Olympics then I might need a week off to recover', there can never be anything like that."
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