La Liga, Spanish FA agree training restart protocol
La Liga and the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have agreed a return to training protocol for professional players in the united states after the coronavirus outbreak, the Spanish National Sports Council (CSD) announced on Monday.
Spain's top division has been suspended since March 12 as a result of COVID-19 outbreak which includes so far killed a lot more than 20,800 people, the third-highest number of deaths on earth after the United States and Italy.
"This decision remains manipulated by the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic and by the decisions adopted by the Ministry of Health," the CSD said in a statement.
La Liga clubs will train again "when health issues allow it, and by following strict health protocols," it added.
According to local media reports La Liga has recently outlined a proposition which include testing players as well as a progression from individual training to sessions with whole squads.
League chief Javier Tebas the other day said play could restart as soon as next month, although a fortnight extension of the nationwide lockdown until May 9 announced on Saturday seems to have scuppered those plans.
Through the weekend's meeting between La Liga, the RFEF and the CSD, which reportedly took more than eight hours, the trio decided television set income from football will be used to save other sports.
"The La Liga presidents and the federation have focused on create a contingency fund of 10 million euros ($10.86 million) to greatly help vulnerable sports, and also have invited other entities just like the players union to participate," the CSD's statement said.
