The Mirror, confirmation is expected later this week but a number of clubs are fuming that they face the prospect of playing three games in seven days.
Some could even play twice in the space of 72 hours, with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp among the high-profile figures to already publicly slam this season's gruelling schedule.Sky Sports are pencilled in for the pick of the Boxing Day games, while Amazon and BT Sport have December 28th and New Year's Day respectively.But all games are being shown live, meaning the TV giants are trying to move dates to squeeze them all in, and that has left some of the bigger clubs furious.The top-flight's giants, for example, have regularly voiced concern over playing in Europe on Wednesday night and then.
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