Fifa and players’ union Fifpro have long been in dispute over player burnout.
Masters sides with the union in claiming Fifa has not consulted the game properly, on the implementation of the expanded 32-team Club World Cup or next summer’s World Cup, which will be the first to include 48 countries.
This is not the only reason the calendar is squeezed – Uefa’s expansion of all three club competitions last season was the main reason FA Cup replays had to be scrapped and the Carabao Cup third round now has to be played across two midweeks in September.
But Masters said the major leagues at least had an input into the decision-making process.
“The jury is out about the competitiveness of the format and the scheduling and the underlying economics, but it is not my job to assess the success or otherwise of the Club World Cup,” Masters said.
“It is my job to assess whether these new competitions have an impact on the domestic calendar and domestic competitions, of which the Premier League is one.
“Since 1994 the Premier League has been 380 matches, 20 clubs. We haven’t changed shape at all.
“Now we are now starting to redesign our domestic calendar at the altar of European and global expansion.
“We are asking the players to play in more matches. There has to be, at the top of the game, a proper dialogue between Fifa and all the stakeholders about how these things go forward.
“That has been sadly missing.”
While Masters is correct in stating the Premier League has remained the same since it reduced its numbers from 22 to 20 for the 1994-95 campaign, it has been guilty in the past of forcing clubs into a schedule they do not want.
In more recent times the Premier League have stopped clubs playing away on Wednesday nights in Europe then having to play again on Saturday lunchtime and put more distance between fixtures over the Christmas period.
The latest issue has centred upon Chelsea and City, who both wanted a delayed start to the new campaign given their summer exertions.
This was rejected, meaning Chelsea will meet Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge exactly five weeks after beating PSG at MetLife Stadium.
“It is the butterfly impact of decisions taken beyond our influence by other footballing bodies that directly impact on domestic leagues,” said Masters.
“When you finish a tournament in mid-July and have to provide the players with three weeks’ break, there is only a week to go before the start of the season.
“It doesn’t add up. It puts us in unnecessary conflict with our own clubs. It’s not just those involved in the Club World Cup. It is the clubs they are playing and we have to be fair to everyone.”
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