La Liga eyes June restart date
La Liga announced on Monday it planned to restart the Spanish league campaign in June after a lot more than 8 weeks without games as a result of coronavirus pandemic.
Individual training will commence for players this week after the country's government lifted sport-related measures.
"People's health is paramount, so we've a comprehensive protocol to guard the fitness of everyone involved as we work to restart La Liga," league president Javier Tebas said in the statement.
"Circumstances are unprecedented, but we hope to start out playing again in June and finish our 19/20 season this summer," he added.
From Tuesday, professional footballers in Spain will undergo tests for COVID-19 and can only be permitted to go back to training once a negative result is produced.
A source told AFP Real Madrid are meeting on Monday to decide on their schedule and are planning to go back to training this week.
Capital city rivals Atletico Madrid expect to start tests on Wednesday with the campaign having been on hold since March 12 with 11 rounds to play.
In April, Tebas said the Spanish top-flight and second division could start May 28-29, June 6-7 or June 28-29 and may be played behind closed doors.
Spain's government continued to ease lockdown measures related to the illness on Monday which includes claimed a lot more than 25,400 lives according to official figures.
According to La Liga figures professional football makes up about 1.37% of the country's GDP and creates 185,000 jobs.
