Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti has passionately called on supporters to "stay home" during the coronavirus in order to help "protect" the frontline NHS workers.
The Italian has urged people to comply with the government's three week lockdown in order to halt the spread of the deadly COVID-19, which has claimed the lives of over 20,000 people across the world.
In an impassioned open letter, Ancelotti stated that everyone's health and safety was "the number one priority in order to win this fight".
He wrote: "I am writing to you today, not as the manager of your football club but as a man who cares very deeply for the wellbeing and safety of you, your family, your friends and everybody you hold dear. "We have to make sure the health and