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West Ham CEO Karren Brady believes a return to football is no clearer than when the shutdown began despite hopes of resuming the Premier League season in mid-June.
The Premier League stated after talks with the 20 clubs on Friday that their goal remains to complete the season, but “at this stage all dates are provisional as the Covid-19 impact unfolds.”
Since most clubs have nine games left, reports were discussed that say the season will end within 40 days, while it has been said that the clubs were told that the national seasons must end before 31 July and that the 2020-21 campaign must start the first week of September at the latest.
Brady, who previously called for the Premier League season to be “null and void,” feels that there are complex questions about training, player testing, hygiene, and medical protocols that need to be resolved.
The lockout is in effect until May 7 at least, but Brady fears that teams’ ability to train may be compromised later.
Writing in his column in The Sun, Brady said: “Players will have been able to maintain some fitness at home.
“But if the rules of social distancing are still in force, physical match-play training will not be allowed, you cannot attack from two meters away.”
“So how fit are the players if the season begins, as we all hope, in mid-June?”
Brady questioned how Premier League clubs could regularly screen players for coronaviruses when the same situation does not yet exist for all NHS workers, highlighting a possible injustice in some squads that have multiple players in self-isolation.
She added: “Police officers will need to be at the games, even if they are behind closed doors, as some supporters will travel to the stadium, even if they cannot come in to watch. But the police will want to make sure that attending matches does not exhaust resources away from other issues.
“Everyone in the stadium, and even behind closed doors, is around 300-500 people, including security, staff, medical officials, players, referees and the media, they will have to undergo temperature checks, complete health questionnaires and observe social distancing. “
“Then there is the issue of injury. All of this is manageable, but what if a player is injured, where do we send him?
“It can’t be in an NHS hospital that is already under pressure and private hospitals are carrying out NHS procedures and they don’t accept injured footballers. So what?”
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