Germany’s Bundesliga gets green light from Angela Merkel to renew season in second half of May

Germany’s Bundesliga has been provided the green light to renew its season in the second one half of May, with games in empty stadiums without spectators, German chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Wednesday. The news comes after Merkel held a teleconference with state leaders to set guidelines for a potential return, which will include frequent testing. Now it will be up to the German Football League (Deutsche Fußball Liga) to select a date to restart the season. An announcement from the DFL could come as early as Thursday when the league and clubs meet. 

Play has been suspended since March because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the league has been zeroing in on a return thanks to the high-level testing and supreme association to take care of the situation. Consequently, Merkel is working with the federal states in Germany to ease one of the vital social distancing guidelines by early June. Clubs have been training in small groups for weeks, while some like Bayer Leverkusen have long had pandemic task forces.

Christian Seifert, the CEO of the German Football League, said in April that the Bundesliga was once in a position to go back pending the approval from national and state politicians. Some thought that the OK would come on April 30 throughout a government assembly, but that was once delayed until Wednesday.

Stadiums will be allowed to have 330 people, including security, club employees, teams, staff and more. 

Sports outline

Bookmark the permalink.

Comments are closed.