DYCHE: GIVE ALL PLAYERS THE JAB

than just continually testing a load of footballers two or three times a week?

“I appreciate some people will say, ‘Why should footballers get vaccinated, etc?’. But 20 Premier League clubs, with say 100 people vaccinated, the payback to the NHS would be considerable.”

After praising the efforts of Rashford (left), Dyche added: “If you vaccinate, you don’t need to keep testing and that money could be used for a much better cause, while football would stay a competitive industry rather than one that might end up skewed with players missing games.”

Burnley have been hit by a coronavirus outbreak, although they should have enough players to fulfil tomorrow’s FA Cup third-round tie at home to MK Dons.