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Starting 2020/21 Football Season In October Unlikely - GFA Medical Chief Dr. Adam Baba

Football News Head of Medical Committee of the Ghana Football Association GFA, Dr Adam Baba
SEP 22, 2020 LISTEN
Head of Medical Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Dr Adam Baba

Head of Medical Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Dr Adam Baba has beleives starting the 2020-21 football season in October unlikely as announced by President Akufo-Addo.

The President during his 17th address of the nation on the measures to help combat the spread of the virus on Sunday announced that the Ghana Premier League and the Division One League will start on October 30 as he lifted the ban on football after more than six months.

The President also said 25 per cent of fans will be allowed into stadiums when the season commences.

However, reacting to the news, which has been widely celebrated by the football community, Dr Baba believes October is too early as the clubs need more time to prepare, having been out of action for a long time.

“It is impossible to start the league in October from my point of view. If the government said go ahead, you can start but we cannot start in October,” Baba told Kumasi FM.

”There’s no team that can tell you that it has started preparation. We need a minimum of four to six weeks for the clubs, they need to purchase new players and start pre-season training which cannot be done in three weeks.

“Practically, we give ourselves four to six weeks from the time we’ve been asked to start so the earliest we might start in November.”

The 2019-20 Premier League was at the match week 15 stage when it was brought to a halt due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.

However, in June, the GFA Executive Committee took a decision to cancel the season permanently.

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