After a vote on Monday afternoon, all 20 English Premier League clubs agreed for quads to return to training in a bid to kick-off the practical measures of Project Restart.

With Premier League clubs re-starting training in small groups as of today, Tuesday May 19th, the proposed restart date of June 12th looks likelier to go ahead than at any other point in the last three weeks, especially after the U.K. Government moved towards a tentative reopening of a working society.

With the first batch of Coronavirus test results due back to clubs at 2.00pm on Tuesday, the 20 Premier League clubs all voting to restart training shows a real commitment to resuming the English Premier League season, which had either nine or ten games to go depending on who you support.

Training in small groups is obviously just a first step towards the resumption of the world’s most popular professional football league, but it is an important one. It took a lot of work too, with medical teams from all 20 teams meeting with EPL officials across a convivial video conference.