Spain’s La Liga could recommence in July without spectators, the head of a major broadcaster has said, adding that the season was likely to be cancelled if a player tested positive for the coronavirus once the campaign had restarted.

All organised
soccer in Spain has been on hold since March 10 due to the spread of
the deadly virus although Jaume Roures, CEO of Spanish multimedia group
Mediapro, predicted that matches could resume behind closed doors in
three months’ time.

“I expect football to return in July,
certainly without supporters, but first of all there would have to be a
pre-season campaign,” Roures told radio station Cadena Cope on
Wednesday.

Spain is the second-worst affected country in Europe by the virus behind Italy and on Tuesday reported a record daily death toll of 849 from the virus, which has killed a total of 8 189 people.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is keeping in touch with his Manchester United stars as he deals with the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus.

The Premier League has been postponed until at least 30 April because
of the pandemic and it is feared the season will be delayed again when English football’s stakeholders meet to discuss the crisis on Friday.

During the unsettling virus lockdown in Britain, United manager Solskjaer has been unable to train his squad in person.

But he has been in constant contact with players and staff on the
phone in a bid to ensure they are ready, if and when matches can resume.

“Of course, I’m used to seeing them every day for hours and hours, so it’s different,” Solskjaer told United’s website on Tuesday. Make cool cash from home by clicking 12hrs upcoming events on NaijaBet

“But it’s such an unknown and we don’t really have an idea and are not 100 percent about when we’ll start.