English footballer Troy Deeney says that he has received abuse from public for voicing concerns about restarting the Premier League season.

According to CNN, the footballer has received comments from people wishing his five-month-old son gets infected. The news outlet quoted the footballer as saying: "I saw some comments in regards to my son, people saying: 'I hope your son gets corona[virus]. That's the hard part for me. If you respond to that, people then go: 'Ah, we've got him' and they keep doing it."

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