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(Reuters) – Manchester City striker Sergio Agüero believes many Premier League players will fear resuming the season amid the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially putting their families at risk in the rush to return to the field .
The Argentine forward said that the idea of training again and playing games scares him and that the feeling will be mutual among many players.
“Most of the players are afraid because they have a family, they have children, they have babies,” he told El Chiringuito TV.
“When we return, I imagine that we will be very tense, we will be very careful and the moment someone feels sick, you will think: ‘What happened there? “. It scares me”.
The coronavirus has killed more than 26,000 people in the UK and infected more than 165,000.
Premier League clubs will meet on Friday to discuss plans to resume training and complete the season, but Agüero believes the nature of the virus will naturally leave players at risk until a vaccine is available.
“There are people who have it, but they don’t have symptoms and they can infect it. It can be infected and they don’t know anything about it,” he said.
MORAL MATTER
German Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger has also wondered if it is morally correct to continue the season as deaths worldwide continue to rise.
He believes it should be clear that there is no danger of spreading the infection further with a restart of the Premier League.
“If we continue to play and there is a danger, and we do not know that while people die somewhere in the world, I do not know if that would affect my conscience,” he told the ZDF of Germany.
“If everything fits together and comes from those responsible that is fine, there is no danger, then we can start.”
“But if there is a danger that it will start again and more people become infected (then it shouldn’t restart).”
Rudiger added that if the season can’t get back on track and is canceled, fugitive leaders Liverpool should receive the league title, which would be the first since 1990.
“Honestly, as far as I’m concerned, they can give Liverpool the title. At the end of the day they deserve it, they have had a great season,” he said.
“They were going to win the thing anyway, so the title is theirs ethically. Of course, I hope the season can end and be sporty for everyone.”
(Reporting by Nick Said; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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