English clubs are preparing for a crucial and important meeting with the Premier League, and representatives of local authorities from security and health in England, in order to outline, and agree on a structured framework for the Premier League resumption project, suspended since mid-March. But this meeting raises an escalating debate between clubs and the League, and it relates to the issue of "neutral stadiums", which the association and the authorities consider as a necessary condition for the resumption of the 92 matches, while the clubs totally oppose it, although everyone agrees that the matches will not take place in the presence of the public .
The Daily Mail said that the head of the Football Police Unit, Mark Roberts, called on critics of this condition to do everything in their power to resume the competition, and that the public health of people remains more important than anything else. This problem has become greater than the Corona virus for clubs, which sees the issue of playing on their fields as very important. The newspaper said that the association and the authorities clarified its position, through the statements of various officials, that this condition is not negotiable, but it will clarify it more during the next meeting. It was agreed in principle to resume the season in mid-next June, that the matches take place in the same system when they stopped, meaning the schedule as it was before Corona, but it will be in neutral stadiums, in order to control health and security matters for the League and the authorities, so that the season ends in End of July. A week later, the Federation Cup final will be played.
On the other hand, the media institutions that have the exclusive right to broadcast competitions - Sky Sport and PT Sport - have expressed an understanding of the stage, and said they are ready to discuss the issue of broadcasting a number of matches free of charge. It is expected that the clubs will get a "Covid 19" examination plan proposed by the government during the Monday meeting, on the basis of which the schedule of training, its method and all related procedures will be determined. This matter made clubs postpone group training in small groups until next Monday, to avoid any confusion with the authorities that are toughening the measures taken against Corona, especially since Britain is now leading European countries in deaths with more than 30 thousand deaths. And the "Daily Mail" said that the clubs received a strong warning from the association, and from some government institutions, that their intransigence in some matters could cost them dearly. She pointed out that failure to comply with the health emergency plan proposed by the authorities would mean canceling the season, which would lead to significant financial losses amounting to 1.2 billion euros, which is very difficult and will not be borne by clubs, especially small ones, as well as the major economic impacts that will result from that for England as a whole. .
Clubs are determined to resume the 92 matches on their pitch, despite the absence of the fans.