Wayne Rooney has claimed footballers in England have been treated as “guinea pigs” in a scathing attack on the handling of the coronavirus.
The former England captain slammed Boris Johnson , the Premier League and FA for a “lack of leadership” during the crisis. And the Derby County player-coach said more careful thought had to be given to restarting matches because he feared passing on COVID-19 to his young family. “For me, that can only happen once, for players, fans and everyone else, it is absolutely safe,” Rooney said. “The powers have to get that one right.
I know how I feel: if any of my family get infected through me because I've had to play when it's not safe, and they get seriously ill, I'd have to think hard about ever playing
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