Aaron Cresswell slams Project Restart as he complains players are not being given a say
AARON CRESSWELL has hit out at Project Restart - claiming the players are not being given a say on how to get back to football.
The West Ham defender vented his fury over proposals to restore the beautiful game after the coronavirus pandemic.
The Bundesliga is back today but the Premier League is set to return on June 19.
Left-back Cresswell, 30, tweeted: "I think it’s been made pretty clear players opinions don’t count for much along with the head medical officer of fifa?
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"It’s been 10 weeks since we last played to try get a poll to see we’re (sic) players stand?"
He was responding to a discussion with ex-England boss Sam Allardyce on talkSPORT about the Project Restart plans.
Allardyce said: “There hasn’t been a survey on whether the players want to play or not.
“They can’t contract them to play under this situation!
“We need to know what the players really think.”
Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero was one of the first footballers to speak out about his concerns over restarting football with the Covid-19 outbreak still causing so many fatalities.
Brighton forward Glenn Murray has also questioned rushing back to playing.
League Two is set to wrap up their season but League One and Championships clubs are still in talks over their next move.