London (AFP)
Meeting on the phone on Friday, the Premier League clubs discussed their plans to resume competition in early June, while above all trying to allay the increasingly obvious fears of players about their health.
"No decision was taken today at the shareholders' meeting and the clubs exchanged their point of view on the information concerning the + Project Restart +", wrote the PL in its press release, while reaffirming its will to lead the season is over.
"Project Restart", the working scenario of the English clubs, in particular provides for a resumption of training around mid-May and that the 92 matches remaining in the league will be played behind closed doors and in a limited number of stadiums between the beginning of June and end of July.
But leaks in the press on this calendar, while the health situation in Britain on the front lines of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic remains fragile, worried several players.
"The majority of players are afraid mainly because they have children, babies and a family," Manchester City striker Sergio Agüero said from his home in Mancun on a Spanish show.
"When everything comes back (in football), I imagine that we will be a little tense, cautious. As soon as someone feels a little bad, we will say + what's going on? +. Hopefully. that a vaccine be discovered quickly so that this is all over, "he added.
Message received by the Premier League which assured Friday that the clubs "will only return to training and play with the support of the government, taking into account the advice of medical experts and after consulting the players and coaches".
The Premier League is committed to ensuring that the players 'union, the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), that of the coaches (LMA), play a "key role in the process (back to play) and are again viewed ".
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