According to Alberto Colombo, the deputy general secretary of European Leagues, he said football will return but what they don’t know yet is when it will be. He said the suspension of the season because of the coronavirus pandemic was “a huge crisis.” Adding to this he said “The vast majority” of the association’s members, which includes the Premier League and the English Football League, are prioritising a return to action.
The secretary said some leagues are already considering termination of their league as others are planning on resuming and concluding the league as soon as possible. Some Belgium leagues are on the opinion to cancel the league and they are raising a campaign to that effect.
Football has been suspended indefinitely across Europa and most African countries due to the continues spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The English Premier League clubs are scheduled to hold a meet on Friday to discuss the situation, and with the efforts from the players and the clubs we are expecting a quick return of football games and with the league having just nine games left to go.
Alot of hopes were were raised last week when German Bundesliga clubs resume training to become the first European league to resume training with talks of league return in May. Alberto Colombo has urged caution in all the talk of football games coming back he said: “The priority so far has been on focusing on creating conditions to be able to resume competition during the summer should we be able.
“You need to resume training and develop your own protocols. There’s no doubt it will be behind closed doors, so the competition organisers have to develop medical protocols, training protocols, match-operation protocols. “But, of course, it’s impossible to answer the question: ‘When we will be back playing?’ Nobody has these answers.
“Ultimately, we all know the governments of the countries are the ones in charge for lifting the various restrictions that apply to sport.” Germany has carried out more diagnostic swab tests to establish whether an individual is infected with coronavirus than other major European countries.
The Italian Football Federation has also hopes to begin testing players for the virus at the start of May so as to resume their league as well. Colombo said “There is no doubt that players’ health comes first, and also the health of all those involved in matches staff of clubs, media, everyone has to be safe.”
“Doing testing is an important component part of these health measures. But at the moment there is not a common position in every country,” Alberto Colombo added.
