Leeds United club captain Liam Cooper has given an insight into his home-based training schedule whilst delivering a warning to football fans surrounding recent government advice to stay home.

Recent global developments have plundered the footballing world into serious doubt this season as all matches have been postponed until the end of April, with a lot of teams now seeing their either precarious or lofty positions questioned.

One of the sides that could be heavily impacted by the EFL’s ever-changing stance on how to tackle the rest of the season is Leeds United, who sit seven points clear of third place with just nine games to play.

There is no telling whether Leeds will be able to complete their season in truly unprecedented circumstances for society as a whole, but the stance remains that the EFL and the clubs are aiming to complete the season before the end of June.

With the players advised to remain at home, Leeds’ squad have been given bespoke training plans each to ensure they remain at Marcelo Bielsa’s extremely high levels of fitness for the run-in.

Speaking to the Yorkshire Evening Post, Liam Cooper shared his thoughts on training from home, whilst also taking time to send an important message to the public. He stated: “Working from home is difficult but it’s got to be done.

“The current situation is that we’ve got to self isolate, we’ve got to listen to the experts, we’ve got to do it.

“It’s not just for ourselves, as a country we’ve got to really listen and not be selfish.

“Whether or not we as individuals can deal with the virus it’s not about us, it’s about the vulnerable, people with underlying health problems, with asthma.

“Those are the people we’ve really got to look out for.

“We’ve got to listen. That’s the way it’s got to be. We have to sacrifice going out and doing what we normally would.

“When these people get infected, with underlying issues it can be fatal. That’s the harsh reality of what’s going on. For people to neglect that is pure stupidity.”

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The verdict

Cooper is spot on here that there are far more important things at stake other than being able to leave the house to continue with non-essential activities.

It isn’t a permanent change that society is having to make so it should be adhered to, to solve the problem as quickly as possible.

There’s no telling what the eventual impact will be on the football season, but the disarray that it has already caused doesn’t bode well.

It’s good to see that Cooper is adhering to the advice given and while his words might be strong, there’s no hiding from the fact that he’s right.