They've played without a break for 15 months, an extra week now is the correct approach. The risk of injury after a international tournament is elevated, in truth the players who played in a final should really be getting 4 weeks.
What's I am more interested in however is the lack of consistency in time off. The England lot/ Fred get 3 weeks, meanwhile Pogba still isn't back and when he does - he would have got 5 weeks off. Bruno got a shade over 4 weeks. Cavani shade over 4. Where is Paul?
3 is what they are contracted to - no issue with giving certain players 4. But why Pogba and De Gea aren't back makes no sense. Why wasn't Lindelof back last week, he would have had 5 as well.
All these lads who have had a full pre season need to step up, they all think they should be playing. . . at least hold the fort down against Leeds. I'm looking at the likes of Matic, James, Lingard, Mata etc. No excuse for them as they will likely be needed in some capacity early on.