Liverpool offer stewards to markets amid virus panic

LONDON: The chief executive of English football giants Liverpool has offered the club’s stewards to local supermarkets as customers clamber for goods amid the coronavirus outbreak.

“Message to supermarket managers here on Merseyside,” wrote Liverpool Football Club chief executive Peter Moore on Twitter. “Our stadium stewards here @LFC are offering their time and expertise in volunteering to help with crowd control, queue management, parking control, assisting the elderly and infirm taking their groceries to their cars, etc.

“They are truly the best in the business and would be delighted to help in whatever way you would deem appropriate (and safe) on your premises. Please DM me so that I can put you in contact. #YNWA (You’ll Never Walk Alone), he added, referencing the Liverpool anthem.

There have been reports of British supermarket workers facing abuse amid panic buying as customers scramble for food and other items during the coronavirus outbreak.

Northwest side Liverpool, who have not been crowned champions of England since 1990, are currently a huge 25 points clear at the top of the Premier League table. But with the competition currently suspended, there is still some doubt over whether the champions-elect will win their first English title of the Premier League era this season.