The French Football Association has set a date for
August 23 as the date on which it hopes to start the
2020-2021 season after completing the current season
suspended due to the new Coronavirus, according to
local sources and local press reports.
In light of the lack of clarity on the vision of the fate of
the current season, and when it can be resumed
according to the developments of the “COVID-19”
the epidemic, which froze sports activities around the world,
the League League started thinking about the scenarios
for the next season.
In a meeting, the league set August 23 as the first date
for the launch of the first-class league wheel “League 1”,
a day after the start of the 2020-2021 season for the
second division “League 2”, according to identical
sources close to the file told AFP and the newspaper
“Makeup.”
A source said that setting the date “allows for
guaranteeing the next season,” in which the new period
of television broadcasting rights (2020-2024), whose
revenues are expected to cross the threshold of one
billion euros for the first time is expected to begin.
The source pointed out that even if the current season
(after the resumption of its activities) extended to early
August, the deadline for the start of the next season
leaves “3 weeks of rest” for the difference between the
two seasons.
The mystery prevails over the resumption of matches in
Europe or elsewhere, because of the majority of
tournaments are currently pending until further notice,
as are the two European club clubs for the game
(Champions League and “Europa League”).
And the Slovenian President of “UEFA” Alexander
Alexander Severin previously confirmed that the
Federation puts different possibilities for the course of
the remainder of the season, but he warned against
losing it completely unless it was possible to resume by
the end of June.
