France decided by deciding to stop its national championships after the government declared impossible the resumption before September. This had the effect of a shock wave among our European neighbors, since Germany, Italy, Spain and England are still determined to complete their respective championships. In England, the situation is taken extremely seriously, especially on the side of Liverpool which was spinning towards its first title of champion since 1990.
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A priori, the Premier League is heading towards a resumption of the championship on June 8 behind closed doors. But a voice was raised to challenge such an issue. And this is the … Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson! The latter insists that the safety of the population takes precedence over football. In an interview for the BBC, he has thus reported that he opts to stop the current season. “ I guess a lot of people would show up outside of Anfield to celebrate and I understand the concerns of the police about it, so there is a real difficulty for us here. “, he justified himself. However, he qualified his remarks by campaigning for the Reds to be crowned champions of England. “They clearly won the league, they deserve it, they should be crowned. “
Liverpool didn’t like
Despite the last sentence, he was angry at the Liverpool club, which issued a statement to respond. “As a club, we are aware and disappointed with the comments attributed to Mayor Joe Anderson in a media interview published today (yesterday, note). In addition to the lack of evidence to support these claims, we also want to note recent discussions with Mayor Anderson regarding the possibility of any closed-door football, which have concluded that it is important that key stakeholders in the city continue to engage and work collaboratively. ”
“Over the past few weeks, we have spoken to groups of supporters who have informed us of their determination to abide by social distancing measures and, if football is announced to resume, we will continue to work with them and other key stakeholders for our collective will to achieve this crucial goal. As part of our ongoing operations, we are in regular contact with the mayor and his office and we hope that these conversations can continue. In the meantime, our main objective remains to respond to the continuing humanitarian crisis and in particular to provide continued support to various NHS initiatives and to those experiencing food poverty and social isolation. ” Liverpool need local support to prevent the title from slipping under their noses. With nine days left, Jürgen Klopp’s men are 25 points ahead of second-placed Manchester City and only need two wins to claim the title.
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