Courtois hit out at the growing football calendar after his side's 2-1 defeat by Italy in the UEFA Nations' League third-place playoff, labelling the match, in which both teams rotated their squads, a"money game".
The European Championship and Copa America were both held at the end of the gruelling season and there is to be no let up in the near future. "Next year we have a World Cup in November, we have to play maybe until the latter stages of June again. We will get injured," added Courtois.
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