mentioned to them. I’m fine now and I’m still getting tested twice a week along with the rest of them. You can’t take any risks with this. “So Mondays and Thursdays, we’re all tested. I’m fine now. Once I got over that three weeks, I slowly started exercising again. “There was a period when I couldn’t do that, but now I’m back to six times a week.” Rodgers says that having suffered the effects of the virus first hand and initially having doubts about the season restarting, he is now convinced every step has been taken to ensure the safety of players and staff.
He added: “It’s been a long, long time, but step by step getting back and playing was something we’ve all been working to.
“I think everyone had a concern about if it would be safe, but we have followed everything to the letter and I think players can actually see the difference at the training ground.
“I said to them, ‘If you are not happy or you have any fears there’s no pressure on you’, but I think all the players can see the work that has gone in and they are raring to go.
“There’s a lot of work gone on to ensure that we would have arguably the safest environment in the country. I think the Premier League have done a very good job.
“When I came back to the training ground, I felt very much at ease – I think we’re as safe as we possibly can be.
“Were there fears? Absolutely. We’ve seen the deaths every day and how it is affecting families.
“Football is an amazing sport. It’s our life and it’s our world, but that shouldn’t ever come above anyone’s health.”
Rodgers climbed Kilimanjaro and helped Leicester rise but was floored by coronavirus
PREMIER LEAGUE boss Richard Masters has told fans he believes they will be able to attend matches again next season.
All 20 Premier League clubs have agreed to resume the current campaign on June 17, with the remaining 92 games being played behind closed doors and screened live.
Games may have to be continued without any fans until a vaccine for Covid-19 is found. This is expected to be in 2021, but Masters says a limited number of fans could be allowed back into stadiums next season on a phased basis.
He said: “No one knows when matches will move away from the behindclosed-doors model, but there is optimism at the Premier League and at
cash will be forthcoming until plans are put in place for the 2020/21 season.
Masters said: “At the moment, we are dealing with our own financial situation.
“Until we have been able to get back playing, until we have a clear plan to start the season in 2021, we are dealing with our situations.
“We have made good all our solidarity payments to the pyramid for 2019/20 and have forwarded a big
Liverpool and Celtic manager said: “We were nowhere near as bad as some who have had it but we lost our sense of smell and taste for three weeks.
“We lost our strength, so we had a bit of a feeling of what it must have been like for others.
“It’s like you can hardly walk 10 yards in front of you and suddenly you are blowing.
“We were lucky enough to get a couple of tests, then you have to wait 21 days and it detected we had the antibodies. We couldn’t taste or smell chunk of next year’s revenue and are committed to completing that.
“But we have to be sure of the Premier League’s financial situation at a time where clubs are suffering significant revenue losses, before we return to that topic.”
EFL chairman Rick Parry revealed earlier this month that leagues faced a £200million blackhole by September as a result of the season being suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. anything. You come out of it really grateful that you’re fine.”
Rodgers is the second Premier League boss, after Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta, to test possitive.
The Leicester chief, 47, added: “At the time you know it’s different. The strength gets taken out of you, you lose your appetite, you feel weak. You wonder what it is so that’s why we got tested.
“I thought, ‘If this isn’t it, I wonder what it is.’ It was tough but when we got fit and well again it really made us appreciate our health.”