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It was the right time to call a halt
EVERYONE knew that football was going to come to a halt at some stage due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was more a case of when.
It looked as though this weekend’s fixtures would squeeze through following Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s words on Thursday that mass-gatherings would not yet be curtailed.
However, the fact Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi both fell victim to the virus shortly after quickly turned the tide and more and more cases soon followed.
At that stage it was inevitable that e...

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