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Kaveh Solhekol

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
195 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

I think that is one of the things they're worried about.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

When it comes to training, yes, you can only have five players on a pitch and stay away from each other and just do passing and shooting drills.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

But when the actual game starts, there is going to be contact between all players.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

And that is one thing that they are worried about.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

And I think in the current circumstances, when it comes to playing football, a contact sport, there is no way you can get rid of the risk.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

Yes, you can test everyone and make sure that everyone tests negative for the virus.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

some players in the back of their minds, they're still going to be a bit worried about returning to football and also about the fact that after games they could be going back to their families and maybe passing the virus onto their families, which is why these plans are in place to keep the players sort of quarantined in hotels for the five, six, seven weeks that it's going to take to complete the season.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

But then again,

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

Will some players not feel comfortable doing that, leaving their families and being away from them for that period of time during a pandemic?

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

These are all some of the complicated issues that have to be worked through.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

That's a great question.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

We've seen what happened.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

I think the last football game we had was 56 days ago.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

Was it Leicester against Aston Villa on a Monday?

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

And then two days later, when it became apparent that Mikel Arteta had tested positive, the Man City-Arsenal game was called off.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

So are we going to get the same situation again where if somebody tests positive, then everything's going to stop again and we're going to be in limbo again?

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

I think we've seen this situation in Germany, for instance, when Cologne returned to training last week.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

They tested all of their players.

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Project Restart: A key week ahead

Three of the players tested positive again.