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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan tells the Premier League it is 'too early' to host matches in the capital again as he fears the extra burden football will put on the NHS in a new blockage to their Project Restart plans

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says it is 'too early' for Premier League matches to be staged in the capital.

The English top flight are still in talks with the Government about Project Restart with aims of getting the season back on track on June 12 and a plan to stage games behind closed doors and in neutral venues.

But in the latest setback to proposals to complete the domestic campaign, Khan said he would be against games being played in London because the country was still 'in the grips of this crisis' with many people still dying from coronavirus.