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​Norwich midfielder McLean: Hard to think about football

Norwich City midfielder Kenny McLean admits that it is tough to think about football at the moment.

The Scottish star is worried about the coronavirus crisis that has gripped the United Kingdom in the past few weeks.

Norwich are bottom of the league, and hope to somehow survive, but McLean admits it is the last thing on his mind at the moment.

Scotland also have a key Euro 2020 playoff coming up, when football resumes.

"It is hard to think about the position we are in and the games with Norwich and Scotland with the way things are going," McLean told reporters.

"When we got told to stay away I think everybody knew international games would be called off and then after a couple of weeks realised that the Euros wouldn't be going ahead this year.

"Obviously everybody in Scotland was looking forward to, hopefully, two big games coming up but it is just one of those things, the Israel game will come around at some point and we just need to be ready when it does.

"We found ourselves in a pretty poor position at Norwich but we felt we were getting a bit of momentum.

"I think the games will come thick and fast if we get the league back up and running. We need to keep ourselves as fit as possible and be ready.

"It does seem a long, long time from going in every day for training and seeing the boys. It feels a lot longer away than it has been.

"Unfortunately, we can't affect anything now, in terms of playing football so we just need to get on with it. Right now we just have to look after each other."

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