Nir Bitton's logical plea to cancel international games won't be heard by football authorities

Celtic’s Nir Bitton has come up with an idea which seems to make perfect sense – which is why the football authorities likely won’t go along with it.

Bitton has suggested, as reported by the Daily Record, that international football should be cancelled to protect the spread of Covid-19. Bitton knows what he is talking about, as he recently caught the virus whilst on international duty with Israel.

“Almost impossible to control”

“If it was my decision, I would cancel it. But it’s not my decision. There is nothing I can do about it. It’s almost impossible to control this virus when you go away with your national team and are mixed up  with a lot of players from different  countries and different bubbles” Bitton said, as quoted by the Daily Record.

It does seem ridiculous that only a few weeks after catching the virus on international duty Bitton is once against set to play for Israel again next week.

Celtic would have every right to be livid if Bitton once against caught the virus. As the player suggests, the virus is impossible to deal with when you are mixed with people from different countries and bubbles. Don’t forget, four Celtic players had to deal with Covid-19 issues after the last international break.

With so many countries back in lockdown, the logical thing is to postpone international football for a while. At least until the virus starts to lessen its grip.

Only play-offs could be played

If need be only play the Euro 2020 play-off games. Okay, that would affect Celtic, but at least those games are important. The Nations League games, for example, are a waste of time.