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Burnley captain Ben Mee backing plans for Premier League return

Burnley captain Ben Mee is backing plans for the Premier League's return.

Mee would be happy to be quarantined and play in neutral venues to complete the season.

He said, “I think we'd be willing to do it. If it meant we could get back to playing in a safe and secure way and keep our family safe, for sure.

"Obviously, with all the testing that's going on, we don't want it to compromise anything that's going on with people that really need it; i.e. NHS staff or people like that. So we feel that we need some sort of testing to go back and to be safe and obviously not put our families at any sort of risk.

"I think everyone's sort of feeling similar with our group of players, that we want to get back.

"I think football is such an important part of our country, whether you like it or not, and people rely on it. And if we can give that positive boost to the country, then that would be fantastic."

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