KENNY DALGLISH has amazingly told Liverpool fans NOT to buy tickets for the Carling Cup clash with Chelsea.
The angry Kop boss is ready to play kids in the quarter-final on November 29 in protest at the scheduling.
It is just 48 hours after Liverpool's Prem crunch with Manchester City.
Dalglish said: "It is disgraceful in this day and age players are being asked to play a key Premier League game on Sunday and then a League Cup quarter-final in London just 48 hours later.
"If the Football League want to devalue their own competition, it's up to them.
"But they shouldn't be upset if people use these games to help in the development of young players.
"The one thing I will say to our fans is to think carefully before buying tickets for the League Cup game.
"It's understandable, with the Spurs v PAOK Salonika match and the TUC rally, that the Metropolitan Police have said our game cannot be played on the Wednesday.
"But it's surely the duty of the football authorities to think of other solutions which consider the welfare of the players — and this clearly hasn't happened.
"City are in a similar position to us with their game at Arsenal.
"Here you have two clubs who have treated this competition with the utmost respect over the years and they are being treated like this.
"I'd be interested to know what the sponsors think of the situation and what it does for the reputation of the competition.
"It seems irresponsible the quarter-finals are scheduled in the same week as Europa League games.
"Both ourselves and City were happy for the League game to be moved back to the Saturday. But we are told this is not possible either for TV reasons."
A Football League spokesman said: "Despite extensive efforts, no alternative solution acceptable to all parties could be found."
source: www.thesun.co.uk
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