{"id":22651,"date":"2020-05-01T20:27:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T18:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=22651"},"modified":"2020-05-01T20:27:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T18:27:49","slug":"premier-league-announces-plans-for-resumption-of-2019-20-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/premier-league-announces-plans-for-resumption-of-2019-20-season","title":{"rendered":"Premier League announces plans for resumption of 2019-20 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Premier League has announced that they are willing to continue with the 2019-20 season should government allow it.<\/p>\n<p>92 matches remain pending in the English top flight, which was temporarily put on hold in March owing to the escalation of the Covid-19 pandemic and despite other leagues in Europe being cancelled, the League officials announced on Friday that they are willing to continue with the seaon if given the green light to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a meeting of Premier League Shareholders today, clubs discussed possible steps towards planning to resume the 2019\/20 season, when it is safe and appropriate to do so.<\/p>\n<p>It was reiterated that the thoughts of all are with those directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Premier League\u2019s priority is the health and safety of players, coaches, managers, club staff, supporters and the wider community.<\/p>\n<p>The League and clubs are considering the first tentative moves forward and will only return to training and playing with Government guidance, under expert medical advice and after consultation with players and managers.<\/p>\n<p>The League welcomed the creation of the Government medical working group for a return of elite sport, which met for the first time this morning.<\/p>\n<p>No decisions were taken at today\u2019s Shareholders\u2019 meeting and clubs exchanged views on the information provided regarding \u201cProject Restart\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It was agreed that the PFA, LMA, players and managers are key to this process and will be further consulted.<\/p>\n<p>The clubs reconfirmed their commitment to finishing the 2019\/20 season, maintaining integrity of the competition and welcomed the Government\u2019s support,\u201d read a statement on the Premier League website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Premier League has announced that they are willing to continue with the 2019-20 season should government allow it. 92 matches remain pending in the English top flight, which was temporarily put on hold in March owing to the escalation of the Covid-19 pandemic and despite other leagues in Europe being cancelled, the League officials [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":22652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[1388,598],"class_list":{"0":"post-22651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-covid-19","10":"tag-premier-soccer-league"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - 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