The chairman of FIFA’s medical committee has said he’s “skeptical” regarding restarting league football during the coronavirus pandemic and steered national competitions concentrate on preparing for next season instead.
There has been talk Germany’s Bundesliga and England’s Premier League resuming behind closed doors.
But Michel D’Hooghe, the pinnacle of global governing body FIFA’s medical panel, told the BBC on Tuesday: “My proposal is if it’s possible, avoid playing competitive football in the coming weeks.
“Try to be ready for the beginning of good competition next season.”
Dutch football chiefs have already abandoned this season’s Eredivisie, with no promotion or relegation, whereas the future of the 2019/20 Ligue 1 campaign was thrown into doubt said the French Prime Minister aforementioned Tuesday that no major sport in the country might take place the end the of the summer.
