Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris accepts the possibility that football will be played behind closed doors for an extended period, and insists it must be done if it can "save" football from a collapse.
After being suspended indefinitely in mid-March, the Premier League is planning for a June resumption in a behind-closed-doors format, although there are a number of hurdles still to overcome before a definitive restart date can be confirmed.
The Bundesliga became Europe's first major league to restart on Saturday with matches also being played behind closed doors; the empty stadiums providing Premier League viewers a glimpse into what lies ahead.
Lloris, 33, speaking in an interview with Nice-Martin, stated: "It's important that soccer restarts, for today and tomorrow."
The 2018 World Cup winner said: "If we have to play behind closed doors for a long period of time in order to save soccer, then we have to."
Tottenham opened up their training ground for players to return for individual training sessions at the end of April, while Premier League clubs are to meet on Monday to vote on safety protocols regarding a return to group sessions.
Lloris revealed that players have been provided with "specific time slots" to help adhere to social distancing measures, and adds: "Sometimes we pass each other but from very far away."
Alongside the prevalent social distancing measures, players now arrive at the training ground already dressed in their kits, subsequently washing them themselves at home.
Lloris says such measures remind him "... of when I started out and my grandparents would drop me off at training."
