Wayne Richardson (Twitter/@RichardsonSport)Fitness coach and mentor Wayne Richardson has had his hands full dealing with footballers’ mental health issues in a period of unprecedented uncertainty during the coronavirus lockdown. Richardson and his staff have spoken to about 150 players, from professionals all the way down to the grassroots, during football’s hiatus. “Commonplace from grassroots, academy, scholar to first-team, players are finding it boring,” he said from his home in Manchester. Richardson, whose recent clients include Manchester United player Odion Ighalo, says uncertainty is rife among players. He said having a career observing footballers up close had shown him that they have to deal with the same issues as everybody else.

Source: The Telegraph May 29, 2020 22:18 UTC