Manchester United finally have Premier League return date
By Bence Bocsak
It seems the Premier League will finally reveal its plans as to when Manchester United can return to action, and it could be sooner than expected.
Manchester United have been out of action for almost three weeks now. The Red Devils’ last appearance seems like a distant memory. Fragments from another world.
The state of the world has changed radically in the past few weeks. Many of us have been contrived to stay indoors and there is a sense anxiety and tension among all of us.
Amidst the uncertainty, the Premier League have a huge conundrum ahead of them.
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People are eager to see football return. For many football is a means to escape. A means to delve into another world and forget about the banalities and anxieties of reality.
Premier League official are just as eager to see the football return to the screens as the fans. Otherwise they risk losing hundreds of millions of pounds in revenue.
That could be fatal and so official have been forced to come up with contingency plans in order to fit in the remaining fixtures into a tight schedule and make it feasible to conclude the season.
Many have claimed that football would not return until the end of May.
However according to the latest reports that claim might be untrue.
According to the Daily Mail, the Premier League could return as early as the first weekend of May and it will be concluded by mid-July.
All the games will be played behind closed doors but talks are ongoing about the Premier League being able to broadcast every single match live.
The news will be relief to United supporters.
Of course, much is depended on the state of England and the way the crisis will escalate in the country within the coming weeks.
There will be concerns about the fitness of the players and how prepared they will be after almost two months out of action.
But if the news are true, it could mean that the Red Devils will have both Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba available for the last and most crucial part of the season.
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Would you be happy with a May Premier League return?