As quoted by the Lancashire Telegraph, Blackburn Rovers manager Tony Mowbray has offered his doubts over football's ability to get back to normal quickly - citing the lack of social distancing that would happen once games resumed.

The sport in this country has been on pause for nearly two months now and Rovers fans will be hoping it can return as soon as it is safe to do so with them challenging for the play-offs.

How the game looks when it does return, though, remains to be seen with several different theories doing the rounds at the moment concerning the sport.

Social distancing, though, is set to be advised to remain in place for a while in the workplace and, with that said, Mowbray finds it hard to envisage a game of football - and even training - with such a measure in force.

He said:

“For me, the first step is to get back on the training ground at some stage, with social distancing, so you can record their running against each other and their competitive edge again.

“And yet, you can’t have a competitive edge, even in small-sided games, because you can’t have social distancing in football. It’s a contact sport.

“It’s a really difficult one, that while the rest of the world is social distancing and worrying about their relatives, that football you could even think about people tackling and challenging and going up for corners or hugging each other after a goal or naturally shaking each other’s hands. It’s really difficult.”

The Verdict

Mowbray makes a typically sound point and it's one that the game needs to consider.

It seems fair to assume that it'll be overlooked in terms of the sport sooner than perhaps most workplaces, though, if the intention remains for the season to get started potentially next month.