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Brighton forward Glenn Murray told The Football Show that he would prefer a longer delay before the Premier League restarts.
Glenn Murray said The football show He wants to see the end of the Premier League season, but he has to wait until the country is in a better position to protect the players and their families first.
With plans now set to facilitate a return to training for Premier League clubs from May 18, Murray said in Thursday's program that he felt the players were "fairly satisfied" with 39 a socially distant return, but they were more reluctant to the idea of contact training later. line.
A date has not yet been set for a possible resumption of the matches of the first team, but sports matches may be authorized from June 1 under new government restrictions. However, Murray said concerns about the impact of the coronavirus meant that it was better to wait until the end of the season, with an unidentified Seagulls player testing positive for the virus last week, despite guidelines blocking.
He said: "(The league) must continue, but if we give ourselves a little more time, the country will work again, we will have learned more about this virus, not necessarily a vaccine, but we will be better prepared to do so. treat if someone contracts it.
"I can't understand, after loosening the blockade, why we are in such a hurry to get it back when we could wait a month and see if things go as planned. Why not see how the country is coping with 39; easing the blockade without starting "unnecessary sports when people die around us and the mortality rate remains high.
2:19 Premier League players who don't want to resume training yet because they think it's too early will talk to their captains before deciding to return to work next week, as Kaveh reports. Solhekol.
"It’s almost impossible (to make everyone feel the same). Trying to have 25 boys on board is not just 25 boys with the same state of mind mind, we have people from all over the world in different situations and it is difficult to lead a group and everyone agrees.
"I think most of the players are very satisfied with phase one, there are obviously a lot of people in different situations, people living with vulnerable people, pregnant women or girlfriends and it is well documented that the community BAME is at high risk.I think it is really difficult to get to phase two, and I think there is some reluctance in some groups of players.
"First of all, I think saying that players are reluctant to come back, I don't want this to be seen as a snowflake mentality, it's more about caring about the people with whom we are going in. Everyone is in different situations. and they have different people at home, with illnesses, pregnancies or children. "
Will return speed compromise quality?
Another mark of project restart speed for players will be a limit on the amount of time they spend on club training grounds and in contact with others, with the goal of reducing the risk of spread of coronavirus while the virus infection rate. It remains high across the country.
Murray said he thinks these restrictions will ultimately take away from the quality of the Premier League, as well as the composition of the game, in an attempt to finish this season as quickly as possible.
He said: "You are only allowed to enter training camp 15 minutes before training, and the line of glue and strap in the physiotherapy room lasts about 30 minutes.
"After 15 minutes also, without recovery, physiotherapy is only essential, so there are no massage therapists or cryotherapy rooms, it is obviously a global brand and everything the world wants to see it because of its level and intensity. "
"But I can't understand what it will be like to delete all these things and try to fit into a lot of games in such a short time."
"Unfair descent if Champ does not finish"
3:15 Murray tells Football Show that relegation from the Premier League and promotion of the championship should only be decided if the season can be finished
After comments from Norwich sporting director Stuart Webber on Wednesday Murray agreed that it was unfair for championship clubs to be promoted at the expense of Premier League double basses if their own season was not played until To its end.
He said: "I think we are talking about justice. We are doing everything we can to finish the Premier League, nobody wants to cancel it and if we finish it, as I said, the last three will be the three worst and they deserve to come down. "
"But if the Championship doesn't end its season, why should they be promoted? If we are relegated and promoted without kicking a ball, I don't see that as a fair way to end."
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