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The Fate Of Football After Covid19 by chibestjerry(m): 3:19am On May 16, 2020
More than 4.3million people have been infected and more than 300,000 deaths have been recorded around the globe. For the first time in a decade fans have no game to watch and players has no game to play, and to varying degrees, sports events have been cancelled or postponed, only some few countries such as Turkmenistan, Belarus, Nicaragua and Tajikistan have continued their sporting activities as usual.

The pandemic that has surge the world means we live in a time of force majeure; situations that is beyond the control of the general mass to prevent or control and is impacting massively on the life of the people.

The Coronavirus pandemic has caused the most substantial disruption to the football calendar across the world. Sport, gradually, has closed down, the global health services are struggling and many people have already suffered or died due to the pandemic.

FIFA Cancel The Best Awards
FIFA have decided to cancel The Best awards ceremony for 2020. The trophy will go without a winner this year.
The event which was supposed to take place in September this year in Milan was cancelled due to the pandemic.

'France Football' has not yet decide their plan with the Ballon d'Or.

Some club finals and league highlights recommended, June and July. Though the European Championship and Copa America was postponed until 2021. There’s more disquieting issues such as when the 2020-21 season might begin.

Premier League postponed indefinitely
During the meeting of Premier League Shareholders on 3 April, 2020, clubs deliberated in detail how to respond to the coronavirus global pandemic.

The shareholders agreed that the Premier League will not resume at the beginning of May, the 2019/20 season will only return when it is safe and appropriate to do so. The resumption date is under constant review with all stakeholders, “as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic surges and we work together through this very challenging time” they said

It was reaffirmed that the superseding priority is to aid the health and wellbeing of the nation and the communities, including players, managers, coaches, club staffs and supporters.

Italy's Serie and A Spain's La Liga have also grounded their activities along with Eredivisie, Liga NOS, MLS and others.

What will be the fate of football after the pandemic?
The uncertainty if leagues will be able to finish 2019/20 season is still on the air, beyond that football won’t return to normal for a long time in a while.
Sandra Zampa undersecretary at the Italy’s health ministry said that “Full Stadium can only be seen again when we have a vaccine” even though the vaccine is reckoned to be about 18 months away from being available. That means to say that next season will be played behind closed doors, if at all it will be played.

First questions should be will be when will we defeat the pandemic, the WHO recently said that we might never get rid of the pandemic permanently

What will be the Fate of Liverpool?
The Liverpool have been chasing their first league title in 30 years since 1990.
Liverpool were already closing to grab the Premier League title before the season was eventually suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the question that has been on everybody lips is will the Reds still be crowned champions if the season cannot be completed?

Liverpool have been a cut above the rest in the Premier League this season. The Jurgen Klopp's side have won 27 out of 29 games they played, and lost just once, gaining up to 25-point gap over second-placed Manchester City.

“Of course, we don’t want to play in front of an empty stadium and we don’t want games or competitions suspended, but if doing so helps one individual stay healthy - just one - we do it no questions asked” Jurgen Klopp said.

Liverpool need just two wins to be confirmed as champions

The Premier League intends to resume play when is it safe to do so and several meetings have taken place to discuss plans for the rest of the campaign

Many Club Will Go Bankrupt
Many clubs will get close to bankruptcy, if the pandemic still persists and it seems impossible to resume the calendar by early summer.
Teams as big as Schalke and Burnley are already under threat of bankruptcy. The loss of revenue is both enormous, unplanned for and mostly the case of force majeure is usually uninsured.

But each club, no matter how small, is a myriad of fans who have lost their jobs might cancel their TV subscription and season tickets.

Companies in financial crises might put a hold on their shirt sponsorship and VIP boxes; even some owners will want to exit football after probably losing fortunes during the pandemic.

There Will Be Cheaper Transfer Rate
The price of footballers will collapse, near bankruptcy clubs will be forced to sell some of their best players at a rock-bottom price, which makes it a good opportunity for some clubs like Chelsea and Ajax that was ban during last year summer transfer. The popular saying in recession “Cash is King” because anyone will money have the most opportunity to but assets cheap.

Many moves this summer will happen without money changing hands; many club won’t want to sell at a bargain-basement price unless of course they have to.
Barcelona bought Ousmane Dembele for €105 million in 2017 now they are struggling to sell him for half of that amount, Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu, predicts more swap deals because the only way Barca will be able to secure Neymar is by offering Paris Saint German several stars in return as they don’t have the €200 million to offer PSG now.

Wage Cut Looms Premier League
Since the suspension of matches began there has been a significant and continuing losses of the 2019/20 season. So to protect employment throughout the professional game, some Premier League clubs agreed to consult their players regarding a combination of conditional reductions and deferrals amounting to 30% of total annual wage.

Arsenal executive team recently agreed to waive more than a third of their salaries over the next 12 months.
"We are proud and grateful to our players and staff for pulling together to support our club, our people and our community in these unprecedented times which are some of the most challenging we have faced in our history," the statement added.

The club's core coaching staff are also among those taking cuts to their pay.
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder and CHIEF executive Stephen Bettis also agreed bonus deferrals and partial pay (to assist the club's cash flow).

West Ham, Southampton and Watford are the other Premier League clubs to have agreed wage deferrals with their first-team squads.

https://www.buddiescent.com/2020/05/what-will-be-fate-of-football-after.html

Re: The Fate Of Football After Covid19 by jeffizy(m): 4:42am On May 16, 2020
The bundesliga resumes today, even though, it may be behind closed doors.
Re: The Fate Of Football After Covid19 by chibestjerry(m): 8:07am On May 16, 2020
jeffizy:
The bundesliga resumes today, even though, it may be behind closed doors.
It will take awhile for football to go back to normal...

we will experience alot of close doors game, and many Club's makes money from selling tickets

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