Clubs and UEFA agree to drop August friendlies

European Clubs Association (ECA) chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, in an address to its general assembly in the Polish capital, announced the ECA and UEFA had agreed that the unpopular pre-season August friendly date should be scrapped.

UEFA insurance is also due to cover players injured on international duty.

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