The Premier League has reportedly backed plans to finish the 2019-20 season by July 31.
92 fixtures remain in the campaign, and the UK Government has called on the organisation to make all of those matches available to view from home – with some on free-to-air TV and live streaming services.
The Mail and the Sun reports that the Premier League agreed with the July 31 deadline outlined by Uefa in Wednesday’s conference call with its 55 committee members.
Should this become official, then the Champions League and Europa League finals will be staged in August, allowing the season to be concluded during the timeframe preferred by Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin.
The UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has said that the Premier League is ‘considering’ the possibility of televising matches once the season resumes, should social distancing guidelines continue, while acknowledging that clubs are "reliant on the revenue they derive" from broadcasting deals.
But Dowden insisted that clubs should also look at "ways of increasing access"
He told the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee: "I have said to the Premier League it wouldn't send the best signal if they were one of the first major sports to resume behind closed doors and the public at large couldn't have access to it."
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