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'It is definitely possible to plan the restart of competitions suspended': UEFA medical chief says 2019-20 term can resume... despite FIFA counterpart saying it shouldn't before September

UEFA medical chief Professor Tim Meyer has said it is 'definitely possible' to plan for the suspended 2019-20 season to restart, a day after his FIFA counterpart warned against resuming play before September.

Speaking before France's Ligue 1 became the second major European league to be cancelled after the Dutch Eredivisie, FIFA's Michel D'Hooghe told Sky Sports on Tuesday that it was not possible to play football before social contact was permitted and that he felt September was a realistic target.

But Meyer, chairman of UEFA's medical committee as well as the newly-formed UEFA medical sub group examining issues around a return to play, took a different view.