The opening days of non-contact training had — apart from a few teething problems — gone relatively smoothly for Bournemouth and their manager Eddie Howe. It was good to be back on the grass, out of lockdown and kicking a ball again.
There were problems with social distancing and Howe not being able to talk to his players but all those issues were manageable. Then the bombshell of goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale's positive coronavirus test shook the club to its core.
'Naturally, the first thing you think about is the player's health,' Howe tells Sportsmail over Zoom.