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| Tottenham and England midfielder Harry Winks |
Tottenham and England midfielder Harry Winks believes most players would be against resuming the Premier League season behind closed doors.
The Premier League has launched โProject Restartโ in a bid to conclude the 2019/20 season which has been suspended by the coronavirus pandemic.
It is widely accepted that any resumption of play, which has been suspended since early March, would have to be without any fans while clubs have also understood to have been told that all games must be played at neutral venues.
Glenn Murray and Sergio Aguero are just two Premier League players to already have spoken out about their concerns over returning from a safety point of view.
Now Winks, who was part of the England squad that played a behind-closed-doors game in Croatia, has voiced his discontent at the idea of playing behind closed doors, but accepts players may have no choice.
โItโs a possibility of course and that could happen. Itโs probably something that not every Premier League player wants to do,โ he told BBC Five Live.
โItโs a strange situation not having the fans there. Thatโs what makes football, thatโs what makes the atmosphere.
โItโs what everybody plays for and lives for, itโs for the fans. When you canโt hear chanting, when you canโt hear the crowd itโs going to be a strange situation.
โWe had it last season with Croatia away and it was a very strange situation to be involved in.
โItโs not something that I like and I know a lot of players feel the same way. Itโs not something that anybody really wants to do but if itโs the necessary action thatโs got to be done that it has to be done.โ
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