The Premier League's plan to kick off football is gaining traction after the Government has approved the league's 5-point return plan, according to the Daily Mirror.
The framework within this plan includes:
- Phased return to training, for individual programmes at the start of May.
- Full contact squad training, possibly in the last week of May.
- Games to resume as early as the second week in June.
- A comprehensive testing programme paid for by the Premier League.
- Government cooperation on support services at stadiums for matches, including medical and police.
The return remains contingent on the health situation in the country improving sufficiently to allow it though.
Personnel attending games and players themselves will be tested three times a week, which will require the league to provide upwards of 30,000 tests.
Some teams have already re-commenced individual training, Arsenal among them. The original 'Project Restart' plan sees action returning on June 8.
Other leagues are already close to resuming action, with Bundesliga gunning for May 9 and Serie A teams returning to training on May 4. Some European leagues have cancelled the season altogether though, the French Ligue 1 is the most prominent.
