Premier League plans to make a comeback by the first week of June and as per the Independent, the arrangements for the restart are going to be made from the end of May.
This is a really positive bit of news since at one point it was not looking good for the fate of the current season and there had been multiple reports of plans being made to declare the season null and void.
But it looks like the Premier League is making all possible adjustments to bring the league back up to its feet and as per a report in the Daily Mail, the authorities are expected to spend around 4 million pounds in order to procure testing kits for all the 20 clubs.
The report claims: “The Premier League face a staggering £4million bill for coronavirus testing kits.Â
“Medical chiefs at the 20 top-flight clubs had a lengthy video conference call on Saturday, when it was decided that players and essential staff should be tested for Covid-19 twice a week for the duration of the season, from the point when group training recommenced.
“The recommendation will be discussed, and potentially rubber-stamped, at Friday’s Premier League shareholders’ meeting.
“Testing kits cost in the region of £150 each. Members of staff deemed ‘essential’ will vary between clubs, but teams expect to administer up to 50 tests twice a week, which would cost a combined £300,000 for the 20 clubs.
“With teams hopeful of resuming group training by mid-May and the season to be concluded by the end of July — a 13-week period — the total cost of providing enough testing kits could soar to as high as £4million.”
Is the Premier League doing enough?
This is not the only thing the Premier League are planning to do as they will also be moving the various squads into isolated camps and have already asked the teams to maintain social distance as and when they resume training.
But a number of people have shown displeasure to this whole testing kit acquisition thing since they feel the government could put these kits to better use and the PL should not be devoiding the NHS from essential supplies.
This decision sure is a double-edged sword but the Premier League has always been in touch with the government during this whole process and they have time and again made it clear that they will resume the matches only when they get a green light from the concerned authorities.
And as far as the test kits are concerned, it’s not only the PL but we assume every major organisation will have to set up their own testing facilities when they do eventually decide to open up their doors for operation.
