Players should be able to snub Premier League return: Sordell

Players should be allowed to refuse to take part if Premier League resumes amid coronavirus crisis, former Watford forward Marvin Sordell said on Monday. Premier League chiefs hope season can be finished over summer, but ir 'Project Restart' has come in for criticism for potentially putting players at risk. Although Premier League is reportedly willing to pay for testing for players and staff if matches resume, that has t been eugh ease fears of some stars. Sordell, who also featured for Burnley and Bolton before retiring last year, believes players should only return if y are comfortable with ir personal situations while virus is still a threat.

Players should be able to snub PL return

"Some people will be living on ir own and y won't have any responsibilities in that sense, or those fears that y may pass virus onto somebody else if y contracted it mselves," Sordell told Britain's Press Association.

"re will be or players who live with ir parents, or y are ir parents' only means of being able to get food.

"ir partners might be pregnant or y might have young kids, and some might have underlying health conditions. Some players mselves might have underlying health conditions.

"I think people's own situations need to be respected. If y want to play, and it's safe to do so, n allow m to play. If y don't want to play because y don't think it's safe to do so, I think that needs to be respected."

While Sordell is concerned players may be forced into returning to action, rwich manr Daniel Farke has backed Premier League to find a safe way of completing season. Farke, whose team are bottom of table, told Sky Sports: "I totally trust key people at Premier League that have to make decisions and t easy decisions because re are disadvants for every scenario. "For us we deserve chance to work on our little miracle and stay in this league and my general attitude is that we should try everything we can to finish season. "But, if it is situation that - by t finishing season - we save one life n we should do that."

Im credits: AP