JUST IN: Premier League season suspension extended to April 30

Following an emergency board by the Premier League on Thursday, it has been decided that the suspension of the league season be extended from April 4 until April 30 instead.

Read: Premier League looking at pushing to end of the season

This is wholly as a result of the continued spread of coronavirus across England, with UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling on a widespread ban of all public mass gathering (100 or more people). All games in England’s Premier League, EFL, Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship, and all fixtures in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, are currently postponed.

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The Premier League suspension has been extended from April 4 to April 30 following an emergency board meeting by the Premier League (Image: Press Association).

In a joint statement issued by the FA, Premier League and EFL, it was expressed that there is a commitment to finding ways of resuming the 2019/20 season and completing all domestic and European matches “as soon as it is safe and possible to do so”. Additionally, the postponement of Euro 2020 has opened up a window for domestic league fixtures to take place in June.

Fifa has also established a working group to tackle the issues facing football as a result of the pandemic. The group will look at the international fixture calendar and issues around player contracts. Player contracts typically expire on 30 June but many leagues, if resumed, look likely to continue beyond that date.