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IT WOULD END THE 27TH JULY

In England are working for the Premier League returning on June 8th

Published:26/04/2020 - 17:59h

Updated:26/04/2020 - 17:59h

A round of meetings between the Executive, medical services and representatives of large sports organizations is scheduled for next week. The Premier League may return on June 8th

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Despite the fact that they are in a difficult situation in the United Kingdom due to the coronavirus, with high numbers of deaths and infections every day and having already overcome the barrier of 20,000 deaths, the possible date on which they could return has come to light. professional football. The Premier League can resume on June 8 and end on July 27, thus competing for the remaining 9 days of the championship.

That is what the newspaper 'The Times' has written, after various meetings have been scheduled over the next week between the Executive of the British Government and the organizations that run the main sports competitions, in order to prepare that return to apparent 'normality', that of the Premier League and other sports tournaments.

To check whether this possibility is viable, the Executive is also planning to meet with medical specialists who analyze the situation in each sport, in order to alleviate the great economic impact that the championship would not complete, although also knowing that the health of citizenship is above all in these moments of pandemic.

The meetings will discuss the option that, if the Premier League returns, it should be suspended weeks later again for health reasons. It is something that is on the table, and in each sport the situation will be properly analyzed. Naturally, all the remaining Premier League matches will be played behind closed doors and following the rules of hygiene and social distance.

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The BBC reported in the last hours that the Secretary of State for Culture and Sport, Oliver Dowden, assured the parliamentarians that he has already started "productive discussions" with the organizations that run the country's main sports, talking to them about possible resumption of tournaments after confinement.

The meetings this coming week can speed up the process, although the British government intends to go with lead feet and then not have to take steps back and further aggravate the health, social and economic crisis. It remains to be seen if the premonition of 'The Times' is true and football returns to England on June 8 ... Or if, on the contrary, the 2019-20 season ends up being definitively canceled.

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