Players eager to restart contact training, says Palace's Townsend

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(Reuters) - Crystal Palace winger Andros Townsend says players are 'desperate' to return to contact training and that he is encouraged by the results of the Premier League's testing regime for the new coronavirus.

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Premier League - Watford v Crystal Palace - Vicarage Road, Watford, Britain - December 7, 2019 Crystal Palace's Andros Townsend REUTERS/David Klein

The second round of testing returned two positives -- with Bournemouth saying one of their players was now self-isolating -- as the government issued guidance on the next step for athletes to resume close-contact training. "If it was two people from the same club you'd start to ask questions about how it had spread around the training ground.

Premier League players have returned to non-contact training in small groups with their clubs and 'Stage Two' of the government's guidance will allow close quarters coaching and tackling in team sports.

 

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