The Premier League summit for captains and managers held last week to discuss plans for football’s return sounded like an entertaining affair, with self-interest and self-importance dominating.
In a shock development, Watford’s Nigel Pearson was viewed as the most forthright in the manager’s conference.
Sources disclosed that the Hornets boss — whose side sit 17th in the table and are only out of the relegation zone on goal difference — claimed that by coming back to play, the Premier League’s clubs would be providing propaganda for the Government.
Not that he will be concerned, but Jose Mourinho’s assessment — telling those who did not want to play to stay at home and watch the Bundesliga — is understood to have won the Tottenham boss few admirers.