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sport">This is reported by a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. Football fans can only enjoy matches again on 1 September. Football-loving Netherlands does not have to count on an earlier start of the Eredivisie. “We will look at how training can be started earlier in a good way,” says the spokesman.
sport">Many professional clubs are in their stomach with training, which is difficult to do with the 1.5 meter rule. VWS is still breeding in a way to adjust a sleeve there.
sport">“To ensure that players are well prepared in September,” said the spokesman. Since 1 June, youth players can already train again without keeping that distance.
sport">The ball is rolling again in more and more countries. The competition in Germany was the first to resume without an audience. Following the Bundesliga, the leagues in England, Italy, Spain and Portugal will also be resumed before the summer. In April, Prime Minister Rutte announced in April that all events requiring a permit in the Netherlands are prohibited until 1 September. With that, he also put an end to all games in professional football, even if they are played without an audience. In professional football there is a fear that the Netherlands will continue to lag behind other football countries in a sporting and commercial way.
sport">According to the VWS spokesperson, the difference between countries can be explained by the regulations as we know them in the Netherlands. Professional football matches fall under those licensed events. If football matches without an audience had fallen outside those regulations, it might have been possible to have professional football play earlier.
sport">The KNVB ended the competition following the cabinet decision. It was decided not to declare a champion and not to allow anyone to be promoted or demoted. Now that the date of September 1 has been cast in concrete, the possibility of starting a new season earlier has also lapsed. Normally, the Eredivisie starts in mid-August.
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