FOOTBALL’S fixture congestion row intensified today as leagues and unions lodge a legal complaint against Fifa with the European Commission.

The group, which includes the Premier League via its membership of the European Leagues collective, argue football’s global governing body has abused a dominant position under European competition law.

They say Fifa did not properly consult over the new calendar before it was announced in March last year, and that as a result the schedule has gone “beyond saturation.”