Everton and France midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin has urged people to wake up to the severity of the coronavirus pandemic.
The 30-year-old is currently back at home in Strasbourg along with his wife and young child, having returned to France following surgery on a serious knee injury.
Schneiderlin says footballers will play until August if necessary - but people have to heed the advice of authorities on curbing the spread of Covid-19.
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“It is a tragic situation,” Schneiderlin told RMC Sport.
“I speak a lot with my mother who tells me it is a very difficult time for people who are working in hospitals, how much it takes from them mentally and physically.