The Football Association have won a significant battle with the Premier League after receiving assurances that the FA Cup will not be sacrificed to make way for league games should the season resume later this summer.
The FA Cup quarter-finals — Leicester v Chelsea, Newcastle v Manchester City, Sheffield United v Arsenal and Norwich v Manchester United — were postponed following the lockdown and will be played despite pressure from some clubs to prioritise the Premier League programme.
UEFA have taken the decision to give priority to Europe's domestic leagues by putting the latter stages of the Champions League back to August but the FA want to retain the normal rhythm of the season as far as possible and are insisting that, when the season recommences, the rescheduled campaign will climax with the FA Cup final at Wembley, a hugely anticipated game that is screened around the world and worth hundreds of millions of pounds in TV revenue to the governing body.