Scott Dann: Crystal Palace defender excited by prospect of Premier League return
Crystal Palace defender Scott Dann says a return to Premier League football „can’t come quick enough“ following a return to non-contact training in small groups.
Players at the 20 Premier League clubs have resumed small group training, in line with the return to training protocols and UK Government guidelines on social distancing, since Tuesday after a nine-week break from action.
Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling and Newcastle manager Steve Bruce have warned players may not be fit enough to resume the season before the end of next month, with the Premier League „flexible“ over the targeted June 12 restart date.
Watford captain Troy Deeney has decided against an immediate return to training at this stage amid concerns for his own son’s health, as well as that of BAME players, but Dann says a return to competitive football „can’t come quick enough“.
„A few weeks ago you haven’t got an inclination on any return date to training,“ Dann told Sky Sports News. „As soon as you get that first message or that first phone call to say potentially we might be training on this date or that date, the excitement starts to come back.
„Ever since then you are counting down the days. As footballers you just want to be out there training and playing. It can’t come quick enough.“
Dann says the environment created to enable the first of the three-phase return to action ensures the club training ground is as safe a place as possible and allayed any personal fears.
The 33-year-old defender believes the Premier League could resume quicker than expected because of the individual fitness work put in by players during the coronavirus-enforced shutdown.
„The difference with this [compared to an off season] is everyone has been training from the minute we went away,“ the former Blackburn and Birmingham player said.
„For these six, seven, eight weeks, whatever it has been, everyone has been trying to stay as fit as they possibly can whereas in the summer you take a few weeks off, you rest and recover so hopefully across the board everyone has come back in good shape which will then lead to the time frames in training to maybe not take as long as expected.“
Dann, who started in Palace’s three successive victories prior to the suspension of the Premier League on March 13, says the break has helped him appreciate his career even more.
„A few years ago I had a [knee] injury and I was out for nine months,“ he said.
„Then I was around 30, 31 and you are not a spring chicken anymore, so I think I took that time to enjoy every last minute of my career.
„But the [time away] gives you time to reflect on what happens afterwards and I am sure a lot of players will have been doing that.
„But at the same time it makes you appreciate even more, if that is possible, the position you are in and it makes it want you to go out and play as many games and play for as long as you can.“
Soccer Accumulator Bonus
Our fantastic Euro Soccer accumulator offer gives you the chance to earn a bonus of up to 100% on accumulators on the top domestic leagues in Europe along with the group and knockout stages of the Champions League.
This offer applies to returns on pre-match accumulators of 3 or more selections on Full Time Result or Result/Both Teams To Score markets for the English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Liga, German Bundesliga 1 or UEFA Champions League.
The maximum bonus that you can receive is ˆ100,000 or currency equivalent. The bonus will not apply where a stake has been fully Cashed Out. Where a stake has been partially Cashed Out, the bonus will be calculated based .on the remaining active stake. If a qualifying bet is edited .using our Edit Bet feature. The bonus will be calculated based on the new stake. Where a bet has been edited to include or amend a selection for an event that is In-Play, the bonus will no longer apply. Double Chance bets or combination bets with bonuses. Such as Lucky 15’s or Lucky .31’s do not apply for this offer.
If your bet is successful, we will add the following bonuses to your returns:
Bet Type Bonus
14-folds and upwards 100% bonus
Terms and Conditions
Applies to straight pre-match accumulator bets on the Full Time Result or Result/Both Teams To Score markets for UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Liga, German Bundesliga .1 or Australian A-League matches. Maximum bonus ˆ100,000 or currency equivalent. Soccer Accumulator Bonus does not apply to Double Chance bets or combination. bets with bonuses such as Lucky 15’s, Lucky 31’s etc.
If any selections are postponed/void then the bonus will still apply, but the percentage bonus added will reflect the actual number of winning selections. For example, an 8-fold accumulator with 7. winners and 1 postponed match will receive a 30% .bonus to returns.
The bonus part of your returns will be added to your account within 24 hours of your final selection having played.
This bonus will not apply where a stake has been fully Cashed Out. Where a stake has been partially Cashed Out, the bonus will be calculated based on the remaining active stake.
If a qualifying bet is edited using our Edit Bet feature, the bonus will be calculated based on the new stake. Where a bet has been edited to include or amend a selection for an event that is In-Play, the bonus will no longer apply.
Where any term of the offer or promotion is breached or there is any evidence of a series of bets placed by a customer or group of customers, which due to a deposit bonus, enhanced payments, free bets, risk free bets or any other promotional offer results in guaranteed customer profits irrespective of the outcome, whether individually or as part of a group, bet365 reserves the right to reclaim the bonus element of such offers and in their absolute discretion either settle bets at the correct odds, void the free and risk free. bets or void any bet funded by the deposit bonus.
In addition bet365 .reserve the right to levy an administration charge on the customer up to the value of the deposit bonus, free bet, risk free bet or additional payment to cover administrative costs. We further reserve the right to ask any customer to provide sufficient documentation for us to be satisfied in our absolute discretion as to the customer’s identity prior to us crediting any bonus, free bet, risk free bet or offer to their account.
All bet365 offers are intended for recreational players and bet365 may in its sole discretion limit the eligibility of customers to participate in all or part of any promotion.
bet365 reserves the right to amend, cancel, reclaim or refuse any promotion at its own discretion.
