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Premier League games can be 'one of the safest places' amid coronavirus, says Palace chairman

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish thinks the measures proposed to allow Premier League games to resume amid the coronavirus pandemic would make them "one of the safest places".

The Eredivisie and Ligue 1 have ended their 2019-20 campaigns because of Covid-19, but the Premier League, along with Serie A, La Liga and the Bundesliga, intends to resume when possible.

That will almost certainly involve games behind closed doors and potentially at neutral venues, although the prospect of resuming leagues at all while countries remain in lockdown appears unfathomable.