CASE KLOSED Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp insists it IS safe for Premier League to return after just six positive coronavirus tests
JURGEN KLOPP is confident that the Premier League's tally of six positive coronavirus tests is low enough to press ahead with Project Restart.
Posted Thursday, May 21, 2020 by Thesun.co.uk
Individual training commenced this week after clubs voted for the initial return to work, which coincided with hundreds of tests being conducted on players and staff.
Liverpool boss Klopp arrived at the club's Melwood base on Wednesday Credit: PA:Press Association
The Reds are getting back to work ahead of sealing the title Credit: AFP or licensors
Last night it was revealed only six positive cases had emerged from 19 clubs, with Norwich's results still to come.
They included two coaches and an unnamed player from Watford as well as Burnley assistant coach Ian Woan.
For Liverpool boss Klopp, such a figure shows kicking on with Premier League's restart plan is safe for all involved.
The German, 52, told club media: "It is safe.
"Nobody wants to bring anybody into danger, but I think with all the things we know about, the players will be safe.
"With testing as often as possible Germany showed it already. They had 10 or 12 positive tests, and now they play already.
"That shows we [can] create a ‘society’ in which we really make sure nothing will happen.
"That football is closer to coming back I think is really a good sign for people as well."
Klopp's former clubs Borussia Dortmund and Mainz successfuly kicked off their Bundesliga campaigns on the weekend after a two-month shutdown.
Some dissenting voices remain in Germany while games are played out in front of empty stadiums.
And in England a handful of players have made their concerns clear, including Watford striker Troy Deeney who is not returning to training due to breathing difficulties his young son suffers from.
But Klopp is keen to sign off a season which is almost certain to contain a first Premier League title for the Reds in 30 years.
He continued: "It’s now a good moment to do it for the football teams. Then other things, for sure, will follow.
"It’s all about when – but everybody agrees you need to re-open step by step different parts of life again.
"Again, it’s not about what is the most important thing, because that’s clear: dealing with the virus, making sure all the people are safe.
"But then, from a specific moment on, you have to start with the future again."
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