Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech backs the idea of introducing a winter break in England as well.

While most European leagues enjoy a break during the holiday period in the winter, English teams traditionally play a lot of football at the time and given the hectic schedule, Cech has stated that introducing a winter break in England would be a good idea.

"We should, but not during the Christmas period, because it has such a great tradition in this country and I wouldn't change that," Cech told the club's website.

"Usually the first week of January or the second week of January is the FA Cup game and I think there are plenty of moments where you can shift one week. I would probably leave this period because, as I said, it's really special in England.

"I would play in the frantic and charged period of December and in the first week of January. Then the second week of January I would give everybody a break because I think if you cut those five days, it would help people to recharge physically and mentally.

"People would be refreshed, the teams would have a week where you could have five days off completely, for people to drift away from football, then come back, have five days of preparation and then resume.

"I think it would have no impact on anything because if you think, every year we finish around May 20, then have the FA Cup depending on how it goes. Then you have international games which start on June 13, so if you finish on May 20, you still have to train because you go to the national team."