One of the perennial problems affecting the modern international game and club scene is the perceived club v country clash. This conflict may well explain the preference for domestic clubs to withhold valued players from national teams which inhibits the later development and chances of success.
A solution
A radical answer would be to make a clearer distinction between the club season and the international season; to have them occurring in separate parts of the calendar.
Fundamental to the solution is the replacement of the traditional home and away qualification group system with separate concurrent tournament based qualification groups (perhaps arranged geographically). These would be held in one month, after the main European (winter based) leagues have finished (e.g. June) and hosted by one or joint countries (based on seeding or awarded to suitable biding countries).
For UEFA European Championships the system would resemble the following diagram;
For UEFA area FIFA World Cup the system would resemble the following diagram;
© S C Low 2013
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