The Premier League has no shortage of ideas to finish the championship in the best possible conditions. A typical “world cup” scenario (with the twenty teams confined to defined hotels, without contact with the outside, for six weeks, around a defined number of host stadiums) had emerged a few weeks ago. Continuing, The Mirrorputs a layer on it again raising this possibility. This proposal should quickly be made to all clubs by the Premier League. Two teams would occupy the same hotel, without ever crossing paths, and the rooms would be fully disinfected after each pass. If the locations of the matches remain to be defined, the possibility that these will take place in training centers, like Saint-Georges Park, the equivalent of Clairefontaine in England, also resurfaces.
But some clubs had offered other solutions, so The Athletic reported in early April that a club had proposed to end the season in China.
What distribution?
All the teams are suspended from the lips of the English government which should soon indicate a scenario for resuming training. Then, three weeks would be necessary to get everyone back on their feet before the season resumes. Remaining the problem of broadcasting, the government would like, according to The Mirror, that the matches be accessible to everyone for free, which is a concern for the broadcasters Sky and BT Sport, who have already lost money after some subscribers asked for a refund.
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