Clubs clash with FKF over decision to end Kenyan league season
May 6 – Competing stakeholders in Kenyan football have clashed over the decision to wind up the league because of the coronavirus.
LMA chief says Premier League can only restart at neutral venues
May 6 – The rest of the 2019-20 Premier League season could be wiped out if clubs do not agree to play at neutral venues, according to the body representing English professional football’s managers.
ECA clubs support International Missing Children’s Day with social channels
May 6 – The European Clubs Association (ECA) is supporting a new initiative to coincide with International Missing Children’s Day.
EFL’s Parry says clubs face £200m shortfall as talk turns to salary caps and rescue packages
By Paul Nicholson
May 5 – English Football League chairman Rick Parry painted the picture of a £200 million financial hole for the league and its 72 clubs by September, on top of an already existing wage issue that sees Championship club owners putting in on average £16 million of their own money to reach the Premier League.
Partick Thistle fans save club £75,000 by spurning refunds for truncated season
By David Owen
May 5 – These are massively challenging times for clubs not at the apogee of the football pyramid, so it is heartening to be able to report on the helping hand that has been extended to Partick Thistle, one of the best-loved clubs in Scotland, by diehard fans.
Angry Amiens call for LFP to rethink relegation and expand top tier to 22 teams
May 5 – In the latest example of the furious reaction and potentially legally complex situation that can occur when leagues are wound up prematurely because of Covid-19, Amiens SC have launched an online petition calling on France’s Professional Football League (LFP) to review its decision to relegate the club.
Bundesliga testing confirms 10 positives; more testing scheduled before team training starts
May 5 – As the country prepares to become the first of the Big Five leagues in Europe to resume playing, German football authorities say there have been 10 positive results from 1,724 tests for COVID-19 carried out among players and staff of the 36 clubs in the top two divisions.
English FA boss warns of £300m deficit as budget set to be cut by £75m
May 5 – As English football grapples with the pros and cons of resuming the season behind closed doors, Football Association chairman Greg Clarke (pictured) fears fans will not be allowed back to games “any time soon”.
LaLiga begins first of 4-phased return to work
May 5 – La Liga has confirmed that Spain’s footballers will go back to training this week with a view to resuming fixtures in June.
Israelis and Hungarians plan end May returns for top tier leagues
May 5 – Israeli football will return at the start of June, the country’s sports minister Miri Regev announced on Monday. In Hungary, the domestic cup semi-finals will mark a return of the game on May 23.
PFA’s Taylor suggests shorter matches and more subs but says players will decide on return
May 5 – The head of the English players’ union has suggested that Premier League games might not be played over the full 90 minutes if and when the season resumes.
Corinthians losses hit record €29m as wages cut and stadium costs weigh heavy
May 5 – Brazilian giants Corinthians registered a record loss of €29.4 million last season, aggravating the financial crisis at the club.
Coronavirus: Spurs and Wembley lose NFL hosting as league moves matches back to US
May 5 – Tottenham Hotspur and Wembley have both lost two NFL matches they were set to host in London this autumn with the US major league announcing it has cancelled the four regular season games and switching them back to the US.
US women’s league says clubs can open facilities for individual training
May 5 – The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in the US has said that all clubs can use of outdoor team training pitches from tomorrow (May 6) as long as the follow the league’s medical task force ‘Return to Play Phased Protocol’.
Muddling through? Premier League finds itself in a typically English pickle
By Andrew Warshaw
May 4 – The possibility of the English Premier League season resuming continues to be marred in uncertainty after clubs were told that only “approved neutral venues” will be used to host remaining fixtures.