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Lyon president Aulas calls for Ligue 1 clubs to restart training next week and resume league in July

Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has called for Ligue 1 clubs to restart training next week with a view to resuming the domestic campaign in July.

French football officials took the decision to cancel the 2019-20 season for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 in April amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused over 358,000 deaths worldwide to date.

Paris Saint-Germain were subsequently declared champions for a third successive year, having already established a 12-point lead over second-place Marseille with a game in hand.

Amiens and Toulouse were relegated, while Lyon were forced to accept a seventh-place finish with 10 games left to play, which saw them miss out on European qualification for the first time since 1996.