Karren Brady has spoken out against reports that the Premier League may have had plans to introduce a two-week circuit breaker as a result of the Covid surge across the country.
The idea has been put forward on several occasions with former Hammers boss among the advocates and with the new lockdown now in place it’s likely that the possibility will become more and more widely discussed.
But the Government has decided professional sport can continue claiming that things are as safe as they can possibly be given the strict protocols in place.
And with a massively cramped fixture list to get through the Hammers vice-chair claims a two-week break would be a wrong decision to make.
It’s impossible to know where things will go with the virus of course but as things stand we are having to trust those in control to make the right decisions and Brady obviously believes the right way forward has been found.
Writing in The Sun she said: ” I was confused this week when I read that Premier League clubs were considering a two-week “circuit breaker” in the season over fears of Covid-19 outbreaks causing chaos.
It was complete nonsense. It has never been discussed or been raised by ANY club in any of our multiple PL meetings and there are no plans to discuss it.
Our fixture list is already congested and our priority is to finish the season as long as it is safe to do so. And we ALL think it is safe to do so.
All clubs have excellent Covid-19 protocols which allow us play our games behind-closed-doors — and our protocols continue to have the full backing of Government.
Some fixtures have been postponed but this is mainly due to the fact that Public Health England are closing down training grounds, which means that while clubs still have the required 14 players to complete the fixture, they have nowhere to meet, train and prepare for the fixture.
And that’s simply unfair and wrong so, quite rightly, the PL have suspended the game, a decision I fully support.”