Premier League earlier allowed clubs to return to training grounds in small groups before finally permitting full-contact training after a meeting with the PFA, LMA, and the Government on Wednesday.
Most see the recent developments as ‘Project Restart’ moving in the right direction in resuming the current season, but the decision failed to impress everyone.
Watford skipper Troy Deeney said that he was concerned about his family’s health and did not want to risk letting them come in contact with the coronavirus. And hence, he refused to return to training.
In doing so, he became a figure of contempt among the football fanatics. And in an interview with CNN, Deeney recently opened up on the abuse he and his family suffered after he laid out his concerns.
He said: “I saw some comments in regards to my son, people saying: ‘I hope your son gets corona.
“That’s the hard part for me. If you respond to that, people then go: ‘Ah, we’ve got him’ and they keep doing it.
“In a time where it’s all about mental health and everyone says ‘speak up, speak out, please speak’. Danny Rose spoke out and I spoke out and we just get absolutely hammered and battered for it.”
