David Moyes has warned Everton players not to expect extra time-off if they play in the London Olympics this summer. Certain players have received letters from Team GB inquiring whether they want to play for Stuart Pearce's team.
Moyesy is willing to make allowances for players called to take part in the Euro's, but will be less flexible with those, like Our Jack, who have also expressed a prior interest in the Olympics.
Moyesy said: 'Quite a lot of our players have had letters of invitation. 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.'
'It's a real difficult one. It would be hard to say to players not to, but in the same breath this 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.'
'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.'
Sounds like there could be some internal conflict on the way!
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