Gary Lineker accuses Premier League of 'disregarding England's best interests'

Gary Lineker accuses the Premier League of 'disregarding the best interests' of the England national team following the release of their fixture schedule.

By Danielle Joynson, Staff Reporter

Published: June 20 2013 | 15:39

Last updated: June 21 2013 | 07:40

Former England captain Gary Lineker has hit out at the Premier League for organising fixtures affecting England's preparation for their World Cup qualifiers in September.

The 2013-14 fixtures contain clashes between Liverpool and Manchester United, as well as the North London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur the weekend before England take on Moldova and Ukraine.

Lineker wrote on Twitter: "Never help ourselves!"

He later replied to users suggesting that they do not care about the national team by writing: "I guess this justifies the Premier League's disregard for the best interests of England."

Reports emerged this morning claiming that Premier League officials ignored requests from the Football Association to avoid placing high-profile matches over that weekend.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	12	10	1	1	24	8	16	31
2	Manchester City Man City	12	7	2	3	22	17	5	23
3	Chelsea	12	6	4	2	23	14	9	22
4	Arsenal	12	6	4	2	21	12	9	22
5	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	12	6	4	2	21	16	5	22
6	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	12	6	1	5	27	13	14	19
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	12	5	4	3	15	13	2	19
8	Aston Villa	12	5	4	3	19	19	0	19
9	Fulham	12	5	3	4	17	17	0	18
10	Newcastle United Newcastle	12	5	3	4	13	13	0	18
11	Brentford	12	5	2	5	22	22	0	17
12	Manchester United Man Utd	12	4	4	4	13	13	0	16
13	Bournemouth	12	4	3	5	16	17	-1	15
14	West Ham United West Ham	12	4	3	5	15	19	-4	15
15	Everton	12	2	5	5	10	17	-7	11
16	Leicester City Leicester	12	2	4	6	15	23	-8	10
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	12	2	3	7	20	28	-8	9
18	Ipswich Town Ipswich	12	1	6	5	13	23	-10	9
19	Crystal Palace	12	1	5	6	10	17	-7	8
20	Southampton	12	1	1	10	9	24	-15	4