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New superstars emerge because lack of crowd takes pressure off, insists Merson

New stars will emerge when Premier League football returns because playing without fans will actually suit some players. The other day, Franz Beckenbauer said: “It is a chance for the training champions.” The players who are great in training but never turn up in matches. And he’s right. I won’t name names but I played with players who were absolutely brilliant Monday to Friday on the training pitch. So much so that once or twice I even went to the manager to say: “Why’s he not playing? He’s brilliant!” And the manager would say it was because that player couldn’t do it under pressure on a Saturday in front of a crowd of fans screaming their heads off. They are usually...
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