Today, Monday, the British government gave the green light for the English Premier League and Premier League clubs to start the second phase of the plan to resume local competitions, after they stopped due to the outbreak of Corona virus. The number of cases of Corona virus infection among the English league players reached 8 cases, after the official English Premier League account announced on Sunday, in an official statement, two positive cases of the Corona virus after 996 tests conducted by Tuesday to Friday on the players in preparation for the return of team training, and from Then, the Premier League competition resumes.
According to Agence France-Presse, the British government has agreed to allow English Premier League clubs to start the second stage of the League’s resume plan, by allowing club players to contact each other in training, as a prelude to the return of English Premier League matches in the coming period.
It is noteworthy that the British government has agreed to resume the English league next June, but the Premier League has not set any official date for the return so far.
For his part, Nigel Haddelston, Minister of Sports in the English government, stressed that this measure is the final stage for the return of football activity with caution and comes with the aim of combating the athletes ’injury of the disease, noting that they are working to resume sports competitions behind closed doors once the situation permits.
It is scheduled that officials of the English League will meet with the clubs, to consult on the date for taking the second step of the contest resumption plan and the date for the return of activity today, after the British government’s recent decision.
Primerleague competitions were suspended in mid-March due to the outbreak of the Corona virus, and the clubs resumed their collective training during the past week, but in small groups, and the League did not address the date of the appeal, but the “road map” that the government put in place a few days ago will make room for sports competitions to return without An audience starting from the first of next June, with a tendency to return the Premier League wheel to rotation starting in mid-June.
The professional Liverpool team, within its ranks, leads the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, the English league ranking table, with 82 points, 25 points ahead of his nearest competitors, Manchester City, the runner-up with 57 points, after 29 rounds, and before the current stoppage due to the outbreak of the Corona virus.
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