English Football Could return on 8 June

English Premier League clubs on Friday discussed the coronavirus testing required and scenarios that could allow the season to resume from June at the earliest, with the aim of completing all fixtures.

Executives from the 20 clubs held a conference call a day after Britain's lockdown was extended by the government for another three weeks to May 7.

The aspiration of the league is restarting after a three-month absence on June 8, presenting an optimistically tight timeframe for players to regain match fitness if social distancing is relaxed.

Clubs in the three professional leagues below the Premier League have been told by the English Football League that May 16 is the earliest training sessions are recommended to start.

There is a hope the new season can start in Europe's main leagues in September, with Uefa exploring staging the finale to the 2019-20 campaign - the Champions League final - on August 29. But any planning depends on how long governments maintain forms of lockdown before there is a COVID-19 vaccine.