As so often happens in the Premier League, self-interest and money could come out on top even in the midst of a health crisis.“It would lift the spirits of the nation,” Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said at the daily Downing Street coronavirus news conference on Tuesday, where he deputized for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Fresh doubts about the wisdom of staging matches soon surfaced this week when testing across Germany’s top two divisions uncovered 10 new cases of the coronavirus. In Spain, players and coaches at Eibar are wary of going along with La Liga’s push for them to return to training. Fellow Argentine Sergio Aguero, the Manchester City striker, claimed the “majority of players are scared” _ especially when the coronavirus can be spread by asymptomatic carriers.