Original
restart date of June 12 is set to be scrapped after clubs insisted players
needed three weeks of full contact training before playing games.
The Premier
League intend to kick off the restart of club action with Manchester United’s
away clash against Tottenham.
Football has
been on hold since the start of March due to the outbreak of coronavirus and
the lockdown in the UK. ESPN claim meetings will take place this week to determine
the restart date, which is likely to be Friday night. League chiefs are now
targeting June 19 or June 29, as clubs are concerned about the risk of injury
to their players if games resume too soon.
Arsenal star
Dani Ceballos had already let slip the restart date had been pushed back when
he said the Gunners were expecting to return to action on June 20. Players
returned to training last week, but sessions are limited to small groups and
low-contact drills.
There is yet
to be a final decision on when full contact should resume and there is a
meeting between shareholders is in the books for this week to settle on a ‘risk
assessment and mitigation plan’. There is also the issue of keeping players on
side after Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante became the latest high-profile
footballer to refuse to return to training.
Kante did
take part in the first session last week, but has since decided – with the full
backing of Frank Lampard and his club – that he will not train with his
team-mates.
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