La Liga suspended indefinitely over Coronavirus crisis
La Liga, following a meeting with the Royal Spanish Football
Federation (RFEF), has announced the indefinite suspension of
professional football in Spain because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The league said in a statement on Monday that it would not resume until the Spanish government says it is safe to do so.
Spain's top flight was initially postponed for two game weeks on March 12, with previous plans to play matches behind closed doors scrapped as the coronavirus crisis in the country worsened.
Things have not improved since then, with Spain struggling to deal with the spread of the virus. The latest figures made available on Monday revealed that there are nearly 30,000 cases in the country and nearly 2,000 confirmed deaths.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced over the weekend that the country would remain under strict lockdown measures until at least April 11, making it impossible for football to resume in the near future.
La Liga president Javier Tebas has floated the middle of May as a potential start date, but league sources told ESPN they don't want to name any dates until the situation in Spain improves.
Several La Liga clubs have been affected by the coronavirus. Valencia -- who in February played in Milan, one of the cities at the centre of Italy's outbreak -- said that 35% of the first-team players and staff had contracted the virus.
Elsewhere, Alaves have confirmed 15 cases among players and staff, while Barcelona-based Espanyol have said there are six cases at the club (four players and two members of the staff).
Real Madrid players were placed in isolation earlier this month when a basketball player at the club tested positive. The club's former president, Lorenzo Sanz, died over the weekend after contracting the coronavirus.
With all football stopped for the foreseeable future, including European competitions, Spanish clubs are worried about how the pandemic will affect their finances.
The Monitoring Commission established by the current RFEF-La Liga Coordination Agreement AGREES [to] the suspension of professional football competitions until the authorities of the Government of Spain and the General Administration of the State consider that they can be resumed without creating any health risk, the statement read.
Both the RFEF and La Liga wish to express our greatest public gratitude to all those who are dedicating their best efforts to provide essential services to the Spanish people and also share our condolences for all the deceased and a warm embrace from the world of soccer to the many families that are losing loved ones.
Spain's top flight was initially postponed for two game weeks on March 12, with previous plans to play matches behind closed doors scrapped as the coronavirus crisis in the country worsened.
Things have not improved since then, with Spain struggling to deal with the spread of the virus. The latest figures made available on Monday revealed that there are nearly 30,000 cases in the country and nearly 2,000 confirmed deaths.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced over the weekend that the country would remain under strict lockdown measures until at least April 11, making it impossible for football to resume in the near future.
La Liga president Javier Tebas has floated the middle of May as a potential start date, but league sources told ESPN they don't want to name any dates until the situation in Spain improves.
Several La Liga clubs have been affected by the coronavirus. Valencia -- who in February played in Milan, one of the cities at the centre of Italy's outbreak -- said that 35% of the first-team players and staff had contracted the virus.
Elsewhere, Alaves have confirmed 15 cases among players and staff, while Barcelona-based Espanyol have said there are six cases at the club (four players and two members of the staff).
Real Madrid players were placed in isolation earlier this month when a basketball player at the club tested positive. The club's former president, Lorenzo Sanz, died over the weekend after contracting the coronavirus.
With all football stopped for the foreseeable future, including European competitions, Spanish clubs are worried about how the pandemic will affect their finances.
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