Iqbal is self-effacing, and has no wish to court publicity, but he has undoubtedly been a key figure in all the major events of this pandemic: the decision over whether football could be played, the implementation of ‘Project Restart’, the start of the new season and now how to deal with the third wave of the disease which is threatening to bring sport to a halt once again. “My wife says ‘you are here but you are not here’,” Iqbal says. In fact, when he is asked the question the Crystal Palace team doctor does not even seem to have thought about it. Zaf Iqbal has not had a day off since coronavirus forced football to shut down last March. ![]() 5am starts and snood fines: fighting Covid at a Premier League football clubĬrystal Palace team doctor Zafar Iqbal offers a fascinating insight into the lengths football is going to to keep the show on the road
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