"I wouldn't say it's the fault of TV if we go out [of the title race], I don't believe that at all,” he said.

"Does the schedule in England help or not? Overall no. But it's not an excuse because we dealt with it before, we had English teams playing in the final of the Champions League before with the same schedule.

"The TV does not pay all that money and then say: 'Oh, finally, we pay you and we don't want an audience.' It's not an excuse, we have squads of 20 or 25 and it should be enough. I could change six or seven players between Watford and Barcelona. It's not too bad.”