Bayern Munich players, like those of other German clubs, have resumed training in small groups since April 6. - Kolbert-press / U.Gamel / Act / Sipa

If, in France, the 2019-2020 edition of Ligue 1 officially ended on Tuesday with the announcements of Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, the Bundesliga season could resume before the summer. While Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to meet the presidents of the Länder in Berlin on Thursday, the sports ministers of these 16 regional states of Germany have found it "justifiable" that the championship will resume in "empty stadiums" from "mid-May or end of May ”, in a press release sent after their meeting on Monday.

"The German Football League (DFL) must implement and impose the strictest hygiene measures and medical conditions," says the text of regional sports officials, as a sine qua non in this period of coronavirus . Last week, the DFL announced that it was ready for a resumption from May 9, behind closed doors by applying hygiene measures and testing players regularly. It must now obtain the approval of the German government.

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If the Bundesliga resumes, it would be the first of the major European championships to resume competition stopped since mid-March, when Germany launched its deconfinement campaign in a country where the Covid-19 caused nearly 6000 deaths .

13 of 36 first and second division clubs at risk?

Borussia Dortmund boss Hans-Joachim Watzke warned that "the whole Bundesliga could collapse" if the championship did not resume. In any case, "it will no longer exist in the form we know," he assured the Sky Sports News channel. The big German clubs desperately hope to finish the season by June 30 in order to benefit from the financial windfall of television estimated at 300 million euros.

According to Kicker magazine , 13 of the 36 first and second division clubs are on the verge of bankruptcy due to the crisis.

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