Troy Deeney has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to shut down football in a bid to ensure players' safety amid rapidly rising Covid cases across the country.
There have been calls in recent weeks to introduce a circuit-breaker following the most recent surge in coronavirus cases, which has seen a number of games postponed as a result of outbreaks within squad bubbles.
Last week, the Premier League recorded 40 new Covid-19 cases in the latest round of testing, more than double the cases recorded the previous week and a record high in the league.