I don't mind Kante or Deeney saying they wont train or play etc. That's their prerogative (assuming footballers can't be forced to work like the rest of us) but I'm wondering where a line is drawn? What's to stop a whole team from saying they don't feel safe and wont play?
I've been asked the same question and I've said I'm happy to return to work in the 1st phase. I only work in an office. However, I'm keen to see us get back to normal and want to support it where I can and where it's safe. There are external vendors at work and local businesses around the office that rely on people being at work. The team who run the catering onsite are furloughed, for example. They can't work from home, like me. If we can get people back in the office, maybe they can work again too. Hopefully we get a snowball effect and we can start to get the wheels back on, people working and the economy moving.
I'm fairly fit and not in the high risk category. I don't think I'm at grave danger if I do get Covid-19 and I suspect I've already had it, right at the start of lockdown. I was on my arse with bad flu and a temp. Also had loss of taste.
It's my prerogative and there will be many like me. I suspect most footballers will feel safe and just want to get back on with their job. Those that don't have every right not to. There is a third group who are hiding behind covid to suit their own agendas, of course.