New training methods, including players wearing masks, and ensuring all are tested for Covid-19 are among the challenges as clubs prepare for a potential return to action in June
Footballers are the ones we rely on to provide that much-needed entertainment, the spontaneity that reruns of Euro 96 and Only Fools and Horses cannot provide. There are, however, numerous hurdles to jump before Premier League clubs can even get on to the training ground uniformly and assuming they do make it back to the hallowed turf, things will get more complicated.
Without using public transport the players are due soon to return to work, washkit in hand, ready to potentially restart a season three months since the most recent match. The Premier League is aiming to resume the season on the weekend of 13-14 June, although the NHS will have the final say on any resumption. The first step to allowing the world to witness England’s top flight again will be physically distanced training where participants need to keep two metres apart.
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