Spanish clubs have been given the green light to return to individual training next week by prime minister Pedro Sanchez.
All football activity has been suspended in Spain since mid-March due to coronavirus, but Sanchez announced a four-phase plan on Tuesday to return to "a new normality" and as part of that, players will be allowed to train individually from next Monday.
"Individual training for professional and federation sportsmen and women and basic training for professional leagues will be permitted from May 4," Sanchez said in a press conference.
The plan would then allow small groups to train together from May 18, which would be extended to eight players a week later, with competition pencilled in for a return behind closed doors on June 5 or June 12.
Earlier on Tuesday, France's Ligue 1 announced that their season will be called off, with no activity until September at least. But LaLiga president Javier Tebas remains committed to finishing the campaign in Spain.
"I do not understand why there would more danger in playing football behind closed doors, with all precautionary measures, than working on an assembly line, being on a fishing boat on the high seas, etc. etc," he said in a statement sent to international media.
"If important economic sectors cannot restart, in a safe and controlled manner, they could end up disappearing. That could happen to professional football. In other countries teams are already training, that’s the example to follow.
"In Spain, football is an important economic driver that we need to reactivate like many others. We continue to focus on this reactivation, in a responsible manner and adhering to health recommendations, as soon as possible."
