The Covid-19 crisis has disrupted the 2019/20 Premier League season and the first step to restarting the campaign was taken on Monday, after players were given permission to train in small groups. This stage is called ‘phase one’.
Over the past few week or so, Watford’s Troy Deeney, Chelsea’s Willian and Manchester City star Raheem Sterling have been among the players to voice their concern over resuming the league in June.
AFC Bournemouth striker Joshua King is now added to the list.
“It is me who supports my family, and if something happens to me, it is pretty bad. I’m very careful,” the Cherries player told Norway’s TV2.
“I think they have control over the players after phase one, but there is a lot that can happen after that, where the players will train five v five for two weeks.
“It is up to the players to stay home and not interfere with other people. But people have family, so they have to make a sacrifice. They must try to isolate themselves when they are not training or playing.”
The Norway international has asthma and it’s stated that according to his country’s National Institute of Public Health, ‘well-treated asthma’ does not pose any further threat to being tested positive for the Coronavirus.
Although King has his own concerns, he is of the belief things would go well if phase one is completed without any errors.
“I am a little worried about injuries and my health, but I think that if phase one is checked and done correctly and that no one gets feedback that they have tested positive, that it will go well,” Eddie Howe’s frontman explained.
King is currently in Norway and this has given him an advantage to train at the national camp over the past few weeks.
“There are many who have not been training as well as me. Fortunately for me, the Norwegian Football Federation has opened Ullevaal for the past five weeks and I have trained really well there,” King stressed.
“There are others who haven’t had that opportunity. They have certainly done other things to keep fit. But nothing can compare to playing football and moving.”
