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Arsenal are Project Restart cheerleaders, Liverpool aren’t talking & Tottenham’s Daniel Levy seems opposed

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What’s going to happen with the Premier League’s Project Restart?

After weeks of debates, Premier League football fans remain completely in the dark over the likelihood of the 2019-20 season resuming.

‘Project Restart’ – the plan to complete the football season – is now on hold until Thursday.

Why Thursday? Because that’s when the UK government are expected to lay out their plans to move the country out of lockdown.

 

Key features of Project Restart

Last Friday, however, representatives from all 20 Premier League clubs sat on a conference call to discuss the outline of Project Restart.

There are still 92 fixtures to play to complete the 2019-20 Premier League season.

While many details of the resumption plan remain up for debate, it’s become apparent that all games must be played behind closed doors and at neutral venues.

Yet, the topic of neutral venues continues to rankle some. As reported in The Athletic:

An executive at one Premier League club has told The Athletic that his club are against the prospect of games being played at neutral venues, and that “half the league are against it”. 

 

Arsenal are Project Restart cheerleaders

The Athletic have also dug into the thinking of some specific Premier League clubs to the Project Restart plans.

Within that context, Arsenal are listed as one of the apparent cheerleaders. Readers are told:

Arsenal, for example, are understood to be eager to play on. They have been in isolation longer than most… so they are desperate to get out on the pitch again.

As they are also losing four games’ worth of their substantial match-day revenue, Arsenal are very vulnerable to a potential clawback of broadcast money. And they, like others, have made their pay-cut and deferral plans on the basis of completing the season.

 

Liverpool aren’t talking

Will Liverpool be crowned the 2019-20 Premier League champs?

Liverpool were on course for their first league title in 30 years before football was suspended because of the Covid-19 crisis.

Yet, when it comes to backing Project Restart, the voices at Anfield are staying tight-lipped. The Athletic report:

Liverpool have simply stopped talking in these meetings and maintain a Sphinx-like cool.

 

Tottenham’s Daniel Levy seems opposed to Project Restart

When it comes to those opposing the Project Restart plans, question-marks are levelled at Tottenham and their chief executive Daniel Levy.

The Athletic reveal that Tottenham appear to be lukewarm about the plans to restart football:

Some, however, think Levy is leaning to calling it quits on this season. Why? Nobody is certain, although Tottenham’s wage bill is one of the most incentivised in the league, with lots of bonus payments.

 

Also see: Best Netflix, Amazon & YouTube football documentaries & movies to watch during coronavirus isolation

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