Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga claimed it is “absurd” to talk about dates to resume the Premier League season and revealed health risk needs to “zero” before football returns.

The Blues have already ordered their foreign-based stars home back in London by Sunday as top-flight clubs start drawing up plans to resume training.

Kepa told Marca: “It is a new situation and not an easy one. But whenever you talk about health, the rest is in the background.

“And you have to go back when the risk is zero. Then, we will need to do a preseason, but when the risk is controlled.

“It is difficult to talk about dates, the players cannot control that. In Germany it is seen that the teams are already training together; in France, it has been suspended … We are waiting, and it will be decided with the health of everyone in mind.

“If the Premier returns soon, it will be a good sign that the pandemic is being controlled.

“I am in favour of maximum security. It is absurd to talk about dates to play. Everything, in time and when the authorities say.”