EX-Celtic star Charlie Mulgrew admits he is desperate to resume the Championship season with Blackburn - and reckons the return of football could boost the nation’s spirits.
The English Football League are keen to finish the current campaign after the game was suspended in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The top-flight south of the border has tabled proposals to return on June 8 and former Celtic player Mulgrew would love to get back on the pitch to help Rovers in their pursuit of promotion.
He said: “The main thing is that the government get it right and do whatever is safest for everybody, and look after everybody in the UK and make sure that when we’re back it’s the right time to go back and it’s done in the right circumstances.
“But we’re all desperate to get back to it and get the season done and hopefully finish really positively and get into those play-offs, and then you never know what could happen.
“That’s what everybody is thinking. I think it’s at the front of everybody’s mind that we want to get back and get the season done in the safest way possible, whatever it takes.
“Whether it be testing the players or behind closed doors, whatever it takes, everybody wants to get back. And I think if football gets back, some TV games will give the nation a lift as well.
“So as long as it’s safe to do so, then I think the quicker we get this season started again and finished, then have a wee break and move on to the next, then I think that would suit everybody.”
Mulgrew admits trying to get his head around not having a return date has been strange, especially when he has been trying to maintain his fitness.
He addd: “That’s a bit stressful as well, not having a date, because in life you’re always set times and dates, which you can always work towards. So, when you don’t have that, it’s a bit uncertain.
“Even when you leave for pre-season, you know that you’ve got five or six weeks off and you know exactly the date that you’re due back, so you can prepare those six weeks, whereas this time you just don’t know for certain.
“So it’s about trying to judge things yourself and getting the right balance between mentally switching off and physically switching off, but also keeping yourself ticking over and being ready to go again when it does come around.”
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