BRIGHTON’S Glenn Murray cannot understand the Premier League’s rush to get back next month.
The striker believes top-flight chiefs should wait to see the impact of easing the lockdown BEFORE staging matches.
Glenn Murray is urging game bosses not to rush football’s resumptionCredit: PA:Press Association
Murray was one of the Prem stars briefed by league bosses and medical experts in a conference call.
The players were told about the plans for phase one of Project Restart — which would see them return to training while still social distancing.
Murray, 36, speaking on Sky’s Football Show, said: “Phase two hasn’t been drawn up yet but I think they’re looking at a mid-June restart for the Premier League.”
But the veteran striker fears it is still too soon to plan a return.
He added: “Football isn’t a necessity, it’s a game, it’s a sport.
“What if we go through all this rigmarole of trying to get back and we have a second peak and have to stop anyway?
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“I can’t understand — with the loosening of the lockdown — why we’re in such a rush to get back. Why can’t we wait, just a month or so, to see if things go to plan?
“Why not see how the country deals with stopping the lockdown first before we even start unnecessary sports when people are dying all around us and the death rate is still high?”
The Premier League’s conference call on Wednesday was to try to allay players’ concerns about returning to work during the Covid-19 crisis.
Simon Jordan says the Premier League are ‘trying to come back for one reason – money’
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