Chelsea winger Willian Borges has revealed he will stay at Chelsea until the campaign has concluded, even if it goes beyond the end of his deal on June 30. The covid pandemic has caused all Premier League matches to be postponed until further notice, with no clear indication of when the season will resume.
Top-flight clubs reiterated in a meeting on Friday that they are committed to seeing out the remaining 92 games, but will only do so when it is safe. Footballers whose deals were due to expire on June 30 will likely have no obligation to carry on playing for their clubs if matches go into July and August, but Borges admitted it isn’t an issue for him.
‘I want to give everything for Blues until the end like I always did, until the end of my deal, until the end of the league,’ Willian said. I have to discuss with the club to see what we are going to do. But for me, from my side, I have no problem to play until the end of the season.’
Brazil international’s teammate Callum Hudson-Odoi was one of the first players known to have tested positive for the disease on March 11. The 31-year-old forward: ‘We shook hands and hugged each other. So after that when he tested positive for the coronavirus, I think everyone was worried about it. But none of us felt any symptoms.’
When the football is finally allowed to resume, one option is to stage all games behind closed doors, without any fans.