FIFpro Will Investigate the Impact of Corona on Player Psychology

DBasia.news –  The corona virus pandemic has been around for a long time, and this epidemic cannot be predicted when it will end. The football players are feared to be affected by their psychological side.

No football has a big impact on the club’s finances in terms of revenue, there is no income from ticket sales, merchandise, and television broadcasting rights. The impact is cutting player salaries to be a solution.

But the impact was not only felt by the club but also soccer players. Bill Beswick, a former psychological Manchester United, once said this.

“This (delay due to the corona virus) is more dangerous for soccer players than most sports. Most Olympic athletes where I work and rugby players are very independent athletes,” Beswick told Goal.

“They are encouraged by their club to self-regulate. So they have the mindset and character to continue. Football players have traditionally been managed exclusively and told not to think.”

These concerns have pushed the World Player Association or FIFPro to move to find out the potential psychological impact on players. One result of his study was quite alarming.

Still awaiting the results of a comprehensive study from FIFPro, reported by Marca, PFAI or the Association of Professional Footballers of the Republic of Ireland, showed that 14 percent of participants experienced symptoms of moderate to severe doubt.

That number is higher than usual – between one to eight players – than the players. In Irish football, 19 percent of players exhibit these symptoms. Before the pandemic the figure had never exceeded seven or 11 percent.

The results of the study were taken from 63 professional Irish footballers from the collaboration of the club and PFAI. Without soccer and the certainty of corona will end naturally if players are nervous, especially their income comes from football.

Arsenal’s caliber club even provides psychological to its players to continue to communicate every day.

“We have our psychologists who take care of the players and always communicate constantly with them,” said Arteta on Sky Sports.

“But we also get feedback from different people and we continue to send information and videos and keep them busy.”

“Also, keeping them close to their work and close to the people who are related to their work, namely us and my coaching staff.”

“But we have had some very good conversations. This time it has been very helpful on my part, at least, to get to know the players better, and we are trying to improve our relations, our communication and understanding between us,” explained Arteta.

Data from Wordometers as of Saturday (4/18) shows 2,229,729 cases of corona throughout the world with a mortality rate reaching 154,241 people and recovering of 571,577 people.