EPL should Resume now Provided all players are Tested
The English Premier League (EPL) should resume already is what chief executive of the League Management Association Richard Bevan is saying. He told BBC Sport the league can resume and be concluded, all they need do is just to test all the players before play.
According to Richard Bevan he said “tests must be made available first” to NHS workers and patients. “Once that’s happened, by all means let’s access it in sport,” he concluded. Since the spread of the coronavirus pandemic all sporting activities in England and the EPL was postponed.
Recently Richard Bevan criticised the English Football League (EFL) for failing to consult all required members before concluding that the league can be completed in less than two months. The English Football League earlier this week stated that the league can be completed in less than two months.
English Football League gave an estimate that the season could be completed in 56 days once it restarts, this week clubs were sent a letter in which the EFL said it was “hopeful” of a conclusion in the summer months.
Richard Bevan said the proposed schedule very tight and it will need support from all the coaches in both EPL and other leagues in under the EFL. He stressed that you do not do that by not talking to the people that matters, he also said “You do not get the end-product or working together if you just send a letter out without actually taking their advice or thoughts.”
Bevan had asked the EFL to discuss the restarting of the season with the managers from each league duely informed. “You’re going to have to get the goodwill of the players because you’re going to have at least three weeks of training to get back on the pitch at least,” he said.
“The most important thing guiding every principle is health, and getting back on the pitch without ensuring fully-fit players is a very big call to make. I would like to see more debate.” Bevan believes all EPL players should be tested after which the league should resume and be played behind closed doors.
Presently 7,500 NHS workers and their family members have been tested, according to the Department of Health and Social Care. Overall, 218,577 people in the UK had been tested as at 7th of April. And on the 8 of April, 343 people have been tested per 100,000 of the UK population.