Newcastle defender Danny Rose believes the players are treated like laboratory animals, being like other Premier League players skeptical of the possible resumption of the English championship in June. "People are suggesting that we should go back to football, like we are guinea pigs or laboratory rats," Danny Rose, currently on loan to Newcastle from Tottenham, said in a radio podcast.
On Tuesday, the first wave of coronavirus testing in English football championship clubs identified six positive cases out of 748 samples, in three different clubs, including Watford and Burnley. The teams having started again this week to train in small groups, Danny Rose suggests that it would be necessary "to test this phase and to see if it works or not" before considering a return to competition, as was the case in Germany last weekend.
The idea of restarting in June is far from being unanimous among the English https://t.co/yNEbkjkLoF
- 20 Minutes (@ 20Minutes) May 17, 2020"I can imagine people at home saying" they earn so much money, they can take it well ", continued the 29-year-old English international. I wonder if it's worth it. I could potentially risk my health to entertain people and, to be honest, I don't want to be involved in this sort of thing. "
In initial tests, Burnley assistant coach Ian Woan tested positive for Covid-19, as did a player and two members of the Watford coaching staff, the two clubs said. Danny Rose's skepticism about the Premier League "Project Restart", suspended since March 13, adds to that of other players, such as Manchester City stars Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling or even captain of Watford Troy Deeney, who refuses to train to protect his five-month-old son who suffers from breathing difficulties.
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