Despite being told to quarantine himself after Callum Hudson-Odoi’s positive Covid-19 result, Chelsea’s Mason Mount was spotted playing football in a local park with West Ham’s Declan Rice.

Chelsea's English head coach Frank Lampard (L) congratulates Chelsea's English midfielder Mason Mount after the English FA Cup fifth round football match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in London on March 3, 2020. - Chelsea won the match 2-0. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images)
Chelsea’s English head coach Frank Lampard (L) congratulates Chelsea’s English midfielder Mason Mount after the English FA Cup fifth round football match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in London on March 3, 2020. – Chelsea won the match 2-0. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

As the UK continues to take this pandemic less seriously than the rest of the Europe and faces paying a heavy price for it, Mason Mount has demonstrated the pure selfishness at the heart of many who think only about their own health and not those further down the line they may never meet.

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Daily Mail, 16 March 2020

The Premier League are expected to meet on Thursday to discuss what will happen to the rest of the season with some expectations that crowd restrictions will be in place until the end of July.

In what is an immensely complex situation in terms of champions, European places, promotion and relegation, whatever they come up with is bound to annoy many.

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