Nigel Pearson criticises Boris Johnson and says the United Kingdom have had "underwhelming" leadership amid coronavirus crisis

Nigel Pearson

Watford manager Nigel Pearson says he has been "underwhelmed" by the leadership of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson amid the coronavirus.

The English football season has been put on hold until April 3 after Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi tested positive for the disease.

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Greg Lea

Greg Lea is a freelance football journalist who's filled in wherever FourFourTwo needs him since 2014. He became a Crystal Palace fan after watching a 1-0 loss to Port Vale in 1998, and once got on the scoresheet in a primary school game against Wilfried Zaha's Whitehorse Manor (an own goal in an 8-0 defeat).