Published 13:44 IST, May 12th 2020
Danny Rose blasts Premier League over Project Restart amid COVID-19 outbreak
England international Danny Rose slammed the Premier League for planning to restart the season despite the threat due to coronavirus still looming large.
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England international Danny Rose blasted Premier League for ir plans to restart season amid coronavirus pandemic. w on loan at Newcastle United from Tottenham Hotspur, Danny Rose claimed Premier League shouldn't even be thinking about resuming football activities until cases drop significantly.
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Coronavirus update UK: Premier League return planned for June?
Premier League's bid to restart season in June received a massive boost after UK government anunced a roadmap to ease lockdown. Per government's plan, Premier League return can take place as early as June 1 if or details are agreed by league and clubs. league is reportedly planning to complete remaining 92 fixtures in a span of three weeks between June and July. Despite UK government planning to slowly ease lockdown regulations in country, UK still continues to suffer from outbreak. As of w, United Kingdom has already recorded over 223,000 confirmed cases with a death toll over 32,000.
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During a recent Instagram Live session, Danny Rose shared his thoughts in regards to plans of restarting season in June. Danny Rose said, "Government is saying ‘bring football back’ because it is going to boost nation’s morale. I don’t give a f**k about nation’s morale, bro, people’s lives are at risk. Football shouldn’t even be spoken about coming back until numbers (affected) have dropped massively. It’s b****cks."
Danny Rose furr ted that he will be tested for COVID-19 on Friday. He proceeded to furr say that talks of a Premier League return in June despite people dying UK makes him sad. Danny Rose stated that football should be last thing people need to get in order to get things sorted amid crisis.
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Premier League return: Raheem Sterling agrees with Danny Rose's point of view
Meanwhile, Danny Rose's England teammate and Manchester City star Raheem Sterling seemed to be on same p as Rose when it comes to Premier League return. In a recent video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Sterling said, " moment we do go back it just needs to be a moment where it’s t just for footballing reasons, it’s safe for t just us but whole medical staff, referees. Until n, I’m t scared, but reserved and thinking what worst outcome could be.”
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13:44 IST, May 12th 2020