Some Leicester City fans have called for the Premier League to be suspended following manager Brendan Rodgers’ recent announcement that “a few” of the club’s players have displayed symptoms of coronavirus.
Leicester City have shared, via their official Twitter account, confirmation from Rodgers that “a few players have shown symptoms and signs” of COVID-19. The Foxes’ official Twitter account quote Rodgers as stating that the players who have shown signs of coronavirus “have been kept away from the squad”.
Some Leicester City fans have been reacting to the news that some players “have shown symptoms and signs” of the disease, with calls for the Premier League season to be suspended. Read Twitter posts from some Leicester fans following Rodgers’ recent announcement regarding COVID-19 in the tweets below.
Should the Premier League suspend play?YES, THE PREMIER LEAGUE NEEDS TO BE SUSPENDED IMMEDIATELY
NO, THE GAMES SHOULDN'T BE SUSPENDED
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Brendan Rodgers: "We've had a few players that have shown symptoms and signs (of coronavirus). We’ve followed procedures and (as a precaution) they have been kept away from the squad." pic.twitter.com/KZDXeRgzhT
— Leicester City (@LCFC) March 12, 2020
Suspend the League
— The Windeh Citeh Fox ? (@AmericanFoxLCFC) March 12, 2020
Cancel the season
— O? (@Ftblbran) March 12, 2020
@premierleague i believe the league should be suspended immediately
— Steve Carman (@bluefox_steve) March 12, 2020
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There’s no way Leicester can compete fairly now with this happening around our squad, forget playing behind closed doors, the league needs to be suspended, give it a month for everything to set in and then resume the season again #LCFC
— Amar ??? (@RaithathaAmar) March 12, 2020
They should suspend the league, like to make it fair give all the other teams on 28 games another game then call it wherever things are after 29. It’s still fair then because everyone’s played the same amount of fixtures. #lcfc
— George Wilson (@Wilson_1605) March 12, 2020
SUSPEND the league. There’s no point in just playing behind closed doors. It’s pointless. Absolutely devastated as a fan that goes to every game however, health comes first.? – #LCFC
— TheTrueFox (@TheTrueFoxYT) March 12, 2020
What do we think?
Calciomercato.com reported at the beginning of the week that Italy’s Serie A has been suspended as per a decision which was made by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who stated that “there is no need for sporting events to continue”. Furthermore, Spain’s La Liga has also announced that they have agreed to postpone the competition due to COVID-19.
Considering that other football leagues around Europe have already suspended play due to coronavirus, it may be understandable why some Leicester fans have called for the Premier League to follow suit, after Rodgers’ announcement that some Leicester players were showing signs of the disease.