From the Times today:
"Mark Warburton has admitted Queens Park Rangers were wrong to allow Eberechi Eze to attend Saturday’s FA Cup game against Fulham.
The QPR manager revealed that the Crystal Palace forward, 22, has attended three of his former club’s games this season after the FA opened an investigation last night into his presence.
Warburton said he understood the angry public reaction after both club and player appeared to break Covid-19 guidelines as the population has been told to stay at home in a third national lockdown. “Yes, absolutely, I understand why there is [anger], because we know the situation society is facing in this country,” he said. “We are all very aware of it.
“QPR as a club have stringent protocols in place that we apply very, very strongly to every single player and staff member.
“On this occasion, we should have declined the request, simple as that. We made the error and know that. Eberechi is an outstanding character. I cannot speak highly enough of Eberechi Eze in terms of his character.
“I believe he was at a game in October, at a game back in August. He’s very close to several members of the squad and staff, such is his character. But, on this occasion, I had no idea.“He made the request. We should have said no. On this rare occasion, we have made the mistake. It’s as plain and simple as that. We should have politely rejected the request for obvious reasons. That mistake was made, it will not happen again.“Other than that, the protocols are stringently applied as they have to be right now. Our record among the playing squad is exemplary in terms of testing, what we do here and the results as well.
“So a lot of work here has been done but, on this occasion, it was a mistake from the club.
”Reports on Saturday suggested the FA had approved Eze’s visit but these were confirmed to be false last night. The FA is looking into the circumstances around Eze’s visit, during which he was pictured without a mask and failing to follow social-distancing protocols."
I posted an online comment saying that as a punishment he should be made to come back to QPR and be forced to play for us.
"Mark Warburton has admitted Queens Park Rangers were wrong to allow Eberechi Eze to attend Saturday’s FA Cup game against Fulham.
The QPR manager revealed that the Crystal Palace forward, 22, has attended three of his former club’s games this season after the FA opened an investigation last night into his presence.
Warburton said he understood the angry public reaction after both club and player appeared to break Covid-19 guidelines as the population has been told to stay at home in a third national lockdown. “Yes, absolutely, I understand why there is [anger], because we know the situation society is facing in this country,” he said. “We are all very aware of it.
“QPR as a club have stringent protocols in place that we apply very, very strongly to every single player and staff member.
“On this occasion, we should have declined the request, simple as that. We made the error and know that. Eberechi is an outstanding character. I cannot speak highly enough of Eberechi Eze in terms of his character.
“I believe he was at a game in October, at a game back in August. He’s very close to several members of the squad and staff, such is his character. But, on this occasion, I had no idea.“He made the request. We should have said no. On this rare occasion, we have made the mistake. It’s as plain and simple as that. We should have politely rejected the request for obvious reasons. That mistake was made, it will not happen again.“Other than that, the protocols are stringently applied as they have to be right now. Our record among the playing squad is exemplary in terms of testing, what we do here and the results as well.
“So a lot of work here has been done but, on this occasion, it was a mistake from the club.
”Reports on Saturday suggested the FA had approved Eze’s visit but these were confirmed to be false last night. The FA is looking into the circumstances around Eze’s visit, during which he was pictured without a mask and failing to follow social-distancing protocols."
I posted an online comment saying that as a punishment he should be made to come back to QPR and be forced to play for us.
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