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'I cannot quite get my head around how we social distance': Brighton striker Glenn Murray warns that a premature return for football could 'put people at risk'

Brighton striker Glenn Murray has joined the growing band of voices warning that a premature return to action could put lives at risk.

Former Manchester United defender and Sky pundit Gary Neville claimed on Wednesday that the football authorities are putting money before player welfare as they ramp up plans to restart the Premier League season behind closed doors.

And Brighton forward Murray echoed those concerns when he said: ‘Football reopening reopens a lot of other avenues - stewards, security, bus drivers, physios, doctors, ambulances.

Glenn Murray has warned that a premature return to action could put lives at risk

‘The list is quite long.