Troy Deeney: refused to come to training because of COVID-19 threat

Watford captain Deeney concerned about family and refuse to join training

Watford commander Troy Deeney says he won't come back to training because he fears for his family's wellbeing in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Premier League groups are beginning non-contact preparation from Tuesday.

Deeney wouldn't like to put his child, who has had breathing troubles, "in more threat"

And has raised worries over the expanded hazard to dark, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) players.

"We're expected back in this week, I've said I'm not going in," Deeney, 31, said.

Watford is not because of the train on Tuesday and it is comprehended the club doesn't have an issue with Deeney's position.

In a meeting with the Times at the end of the week, administrator Nigel Pearson communicated his interests about the circumstances And said he would not compel players reporting for training.

Addressing Eddie Hearn and Tony Bellew on Talk the Talk YouTube program,

Deeney included: "It just takes one individual to get contaminated inside the gathering and I would prefer not to bring that home.

"My child is just five months old, he had breathing problems, so I would prefer not to get back home to place him in more peril."

Deeney raises BAME dangers

The Office for National Statistics says dark people are almost twice as liable to kick the bucket from coronavirus as white individuals in England and Wales.

Michael Bennett, the chief of player government assistance at the Professional Footballers'

Association (PFA), says he has been called by players, especially from the BAME gathering, who are worried about the dangers.

Last Wednesday, Deeney was in a gathering with the Premier League, other group chiefs, and clinical specialists.

He stated: "My concern was in the gathering, I posed extremely basic inquiries.

"For dark, Asian and mixed ethnicities, they're multiple times bound to get the sickness, they're twice as liable to have durable diseases -

-is there anything extra, additional screening, heart stuff to check whether individuals have issues with that? No.

Alright, well I feel that ought to be tended to.

"I can't get a haircut until mid-July however I can proceed to get in a container with 19 individuals and proceed to bounce for a header and no one could respond to the inquiries,

not because they would not like to, because they don't have a clue about the data.

"So I said on the off chance that you don't have the foggiest idea about the data, for what reason would I put myself in danger?"

Bennett stated: "I don't know how huge [the risk] is in that specific region, everything we can do is a discussion to them about that.

"There have been players that have made advances on me with worries about returning as a result of medical problems, and I need to put on record that from a PFA government assistance perspective the wellbeing and security of players need to start things out before whatever else."