Premier League to meet as government backs return ‘as soon as possible’
- Clubs will meet on Friday to plan for 9 June return
- Culture secretary stresses that nothing is certain yet
Efforts will intensify this week to find a way to complete the Premier League season, after the government declared its desire to see football back “as soon as possible”.
With Premier League clubs due to meet on Friday and a new grouping led by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport also convening this week, government officials talk of a “quickening of the pace”. But as some Premier League clubs open up their training grounds, the details of how elite sport could safely return remain unresolved.
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