League One chairman hits out at 'selfish agenda merchants'
nine games, that we are not bothered about playing them and if we do play them we will use kids.
“These people should grow some balls and say it for what it is. They’ve gone into selfpreservation mode. These people are either at clubs who are getting relegated so it’s in their interests to not play the remaining games and get the season voided.
“Or they are at mid-table clubs who have achieved **** all this season so they have no interest in playing any more.
“Well I say to them integrity must now kick in. They are all members of the EFL. They are contracted to play 44 or 46 games this season.
“They have already been paid to do so by the EFL and by Premier League solidarity moneysoiftheywanttopursue a selfish agenda they should repay those monies now and if they don’t want to play the fixtures they can forfeit them all 3-0.
“We have a season to finish and we will finish it. The PremierLeaguehavesaidtheywill finishtheirseasonandsomust we so stop spouting this nonsense. I wouldn’t act like that if my club was struggling. I’m allaboutintegrityandfairness.
If my club was battling against relegation I’d still want League One to finish. As it is there are 9/10 clubs still with a chance of promotion and four or five clubs battling against relegation. After 36 matches our season just has to finish.”
*DeAndre Yedlin has given his view on restarting football followingthecoronaviruspandemic.
Yedlin has given is view on finishing the campaign in an interview with ESPN FC.
“I think, first and foremost, finances have to not be looked at when it comes to this, because you’re talking about people’slives,”said26-year-old Yedlin.“That’sgreaterthananybody’s money.
“As a player, you’d love to be back playing, and you want to see the season finish. But if it’s not right, then you can’t do it.”