Project Restart all about money, says Mings

ASTON Villa star Tyrone Mings believes the Premier League’s return is driven by money.

The England defender also said players were the last to be consulted about the comeback plans, with the Premier League due to restart on June 17 after being halted in March by the coronavirus pandemic.

Mings said: ‘Project Restart is financially driven. I think everybody accepts that. But that’s fine with me as I look at this monster that is the Premier League and the revenue it creates and I didn’t moan about being a part of it when everything was great, so I’m not going to moan now when the atmosphere around the game is more hesitant.

‘I am all for playing again as we have no other choice. As players, we were the last to be consulted about

Project Restart and that is because of where we fall in football’s order of priority. That isn’t a problem.

‘We got the option to come back to training and that’s fine as we didn’t have to but if the FA and EFL and government and Uefa and Premier League all say you are going back to play, it really doesn’t make any difference what the players think because you’re going back to play.’