Katie McCabe shares loved up snaps with girlfriend Caitlin Foord during ‘beautiful week with beautiful people' in Ibiza
KATIE McCABE and her long-time girlfriend Caitlin Foord looked loved up as they jetted off to Ibiza for a well-earned holiday.
The Arsenal duo were joined by some of their teammates - both club and respective countries - for an
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Katie McCabe shared loved up snaps with Caitlin Foord in Ibiza
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They were joined by a host of fellow football stars
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It comes after the Ireland star helped Arsenal to win the Champions League
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She called it a beautiful week with beautiful people
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Republic of
Ireland
international McCabe shared a host of pics from
the holiday
to
Alongside a pic of her with her beloved partner, she shared pics with the likes of fellow Ireland stars Jessie Stapleton and Grace Moloney.
It was a well-earned getaway after what was a relentless and
On May 24, she and Arsenal shocked Barcelona to
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However, less than a week later,
McCabe was
The 29-year-old insisted: 'It's the whole calendar. I don't know who's in charge of it but it definitely needs to be looked at.
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'What it will create over time, and we've already seen it in recent years, is burnout in players and major injuries.
'You've got world-class players that will be sitting out tournaments through injuries. We don't want to see that.
Inside Arsenal's Ibiza holiday as Katie McCabe and teammates pop champagne to celebrate Champions League win
"We want the best players in the world playing at tournaments on the biggest stage. I just hope it doesn't cause too much more harm to us as players going forward.
'Like what we had to do last year, all through the
summer
, where you're finishing a season and you've to kind of rest but kind of keep fit for the
next
block of games.
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'It's hard mentally and physically, from a periodisation point of view, to do that. So the timing of the fixtures needs to be looked at.'
The
Head coach Carla Ward said: 'Katie has played a lot of minutes for club and country.
'She's on the verge of burnout, as are some others. There's going to be conversations. It won't just be Katie that won't be travelling.'
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And Ward believes it is a more widespread issue in
football
.
She cited her own decision to step away from former club
The Ireland boss added: 'It's a difficult one. You've seen it with
'I felt it at Villa. It's the reason I needed a break. It's a tough place to be and I think there's a lot of players close to it.
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'They've played a lot of minutes, so we have to protect them. We'll support anybody that needs a break.'
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