Tottenham Hotspur boss Jose Mourinho feels it would be harsh for Dele Alli to receive a ban for making fun of the coronavirus on social media.
Alli has been asked for his observations by the Football Association following a Snapchat post last week in which he joked about the virus outbreak and appeared to mock an Asian man in an airport.
He quickly deleted the post and apologised but could still find himself in hot water with the governing body, who banned Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva earlier in the season for a similarly ill-thought out tweet.
"If you think that this is normal, I don't think it is normal.
"You can tell me it was because our game was chosen to be on TV on Sunday and I ask you, in the other five matches of the Premier League this weekend, there is not another one that could be played on Sunday at 2.30pm?
"It's as simple as that. That's the only thing I say – there is no care. They just chose what they want and they don't think how they can hurt an English team.
"And in this case we are going to be hurt because we are going to play on Sunday when we could perfectly play on Saturday or Friday."
