Guus Hiddink has become the latest manager to criticise the FA’s scheduling of televised cup ties, with Chelsea annoyed that they have to play their FA Cup quarter-final against Everton on a Saturday evening, just three days after playing Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

Chelsea manager Hiddink is frustrated as Chelsea were originally scheduled to play a Premier League game on the Sunday and had assumed their FA Cup tie would be on the same day.

But the BBC have chosen to move Chelsea trip to Everton as their prime time game at 5,30pm on the Saturday evening.

Guus Hiddink has become the latest manager to criticise the FA’s scheduling of televised cup ties

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‘We have a tight schedule with Norwich on Tuesday and then Stoke next weekend and then PSG. Then, surprisingly, the Everton FA Cup game was put on a Saturday instead of a Sunday.

‘Normally we would have played Liverpool in the Premier League that Sunday. I don't know who has decided that, all of a sudden, the kick off was Saturday afternoon.

‘It was astonishing that people could change the kick-off time. We have PSG on the Wednesday night. Hopefully it doesn't go into extra-time.

‘The players, not just Chelsea players, need at least two days recovery and a third day to start up a bit when the intensity of the league is like this. The medical people at the clubs and FA and the Premier League should make this known.

Hiddink admitted that he had considerable sympathy for Manuel Pellegrini, who played a weakened side against Chelsea last weekend because TV demands meant City had to play on Sunday afternoon and then travel to Dynamo Kiev and play the Capital One Cup final today.

Chelsea were the beneficiaries last weekend, beating City 5-1 but Hiddink said: ‘We have to protect the players as well. Every club and the FA have medical departments. The doctors should stand up and say: “FA, TV, whoever: Hey!”’