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PFA chief Gordon Taylor has suggested that Premier League matches could be played without the full 90 minutes under the plans of Project Restart.
A number of ideas are being proposed with the aim for top-flight football to return next month behind closed doors, although there are a number of issues that need to be resolved.
The Government has informed the Premier League that they will not grant approval for home stadia to be used, with eight to 10 neutral venues hosting matches instead – though that has been met with some opposition.
The league is set to convene again next Monday following an expected weekend address from Prime Minister Boris Johnson and, according to Taylor, one proposal would see a reduction in the length of matches.
“We’ll have to wait and see. I’m talking about protocol that’s coming out, talking about the future, ”I told BBC Radio 4.
“We don’t know the future but what we do know is what propositions have been put, what ideas have been put, the possibility of having more substitutes, games possibly not being the full 45 minutes each way with talks of neutral stadiums.
“There’s a lot of things being put forward, try and wait and see what the proposals are and then have the courtesy to let the managers and coaches and players also assimilate all those and come to a considered view.
“All I’m saying, there’s a lot of possibilities. Ideally, you want to keep the integrity of the competition and, of course, that was about playing home and away, about having the same squad of players as before it was suspended.
“There’s a lot of points to be made but, above all, can the season be completed? As long as it takes? Can they be completed safely?
“I wouldn’t expect games to be played, if everything looks positive and promising, you wouldn’t be thinking of matches being played until the middle of June, I would estimate.”
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