The Premier League holds a pivotal meeting this morning to decide on the details of 'Project Restart', with plans to resume the season to be ironed out before they seek Government approval today.
It is almost two months since the last Premier League match was played - Leicester's 4-0 win over Aston Villa on March 9 - with the season suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. But its stakeholders are determined for the 2019-20 season to be completed to avoid a legal minefield and lessen football's financial crisis.
The Government, too, are keen for football to resume to boost national morale, despite announcing the extension of lockdown for the foreseeable future with the UK now having the third-highest Covid-19 death toll of any nation in the world.