The defender who earns his living by not giving opponents an inch is contemplating the fact he now has to steer two metres clear for the foreseeable future.
'You should never, ever take it for granted,' Gary Cahill tells Sportsmail's Jamie Redknapp. 'We're in this entertainment business. We're blessed to do what we do.
'We are lucky. Very lucky. When you see people working for the NHS, ultimately saving lives, you look at yourself and think, "Wait a minute…" It humbles you.'
Cahill and Redknapp would normally cross paths on the morning school run, but here they meet for a virtual catch-up to talk coronavirus, Crystal Palace and Chelsea.