UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has admitted that 2019/2020 campaign across Europe would likely be declared void if football is unable to restart by end of June.
The 2019/2020 season has been suspended in most parts of Europe and across the globe due to the COVID – 19 epidemic. Major sporting events in 2020 such as Tokyo Olympics, Euro 2020 and CONMEBOL Copa America have also been delayed.
Football leagues are hoping to restart between 30th April and beginning of June. There is no definite resumption date and Ceferin has acknowledged that it may be impossible to finish the season at all.
‘’If we don’t succeed in restarting, the season would probably be lost,’’ Ceferin told La Repubblica.
‘’There’s a plan A, B and C. The three options are to start again in mid-May, in June or at the end of June.
‘’There is a possibility of starting again at the beginning of next season, starting the following one later. We will see the best solution for leagues and clubs.’’
Ceferin also stated that playing games behind closed doors would be another plan to complete the 2019/2020 campaign.
‘’It’s hard for me to imagine all the matches behind closed doors, but we still don’t know whether we’ll resume, with or without spectators,’’ he said.
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