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Premier League halting over new Covid-19 strain would be ‘nonsense’, blasts Gary Neville
Gary Neville believes it would be “nonsense” to bring Premier League football to a halt amid the new strain of Covid-19.A rapid rise in coronavirus cases forced the government to place London and parts of the south east into Tier 4 restrictions last week, preventing residents from socialising with anyone outside of their household over Christmas.The new restrictions have sparked fears that Premier League football could be put on hold once again, having been halted for three months during the first national lockdown between March and June.However, England’s top flight confirmed on Monday that only seven out of 1,569 players and staff tested positive for Covid-19 in the latest round of testing.And Neville insists it would make no sense to