Rushing to resume the 2019-20 Premier League
season stalled by the Covid-19 pandemic could jeopardise the lives of
players and staff, former Manchester United defender Gary Neville said.
Derby County’s first-team players, coaches,
management and non-furloughed staff have accepted “substantial” wage
deferrals to help negate the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,
the Championship (second-tier) club has said.
Spain’s professional footballers can start
training again from next week, prime minister Pedro Sanchez said on
Tuesday as he announced plans to relax the country’s Covid-19 lockdown
and bring the country back to normality by the end of June.
Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb returned to training on Monday as the Balkan nation’s government started a phased easing of new coronavirus lockdown measures, manager Igor Jovicevic said.
The U.K government’s cabinet minister responsible for sport said he has been in talks with the Premier League with the aim of getting football back on the field as quickly as possible.
West Ham United defender Pablo Zabaleta has said the Covid-19 pandemic may mean he will not have the chance to play in front of supporters again before he ends his Premier League career.
Balls and pitches will need to be sterilised frequently when Spanish soccer returns in order to minimise the chance of players getting infected by the novel coronavirus, a leading doctor in the sport has said.
Former England captain Wayne Rooney is not in a “wage war” with Championship club Derby County as they deal with the financial impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, his spokesperson has told the BBC.
England’s Premier League could make games available on free-to-air broadcasting once the season resumes following the suspension due to the coronavirus, Britain’s culture secretary said in quotes reported by the BBC on Wednesday.
The Italian government is still not ready to set a date for Serie A teams to start training again ahead of a possible resumption of the league, sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora said on Wednesday.