According to Fox Sports, Nigeria’s Premier League stars Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho of Leicester City and Alex Iwobi of Everton and the rest of big names in the Premier League could complete their season in Australia amid concerns about restarting the season in England, as the hunt has been on to find a neutral venue as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage United Kingdom.
Professional soccer has been suspended since mid-March due to the Covid-19 pandemic with English agent, Gary Williams, earning the backing of a Perth senator to talk with the Australian government and Ministry of Sport regarding the proposal.
The 20 Premier League clubs held a conference call on Friday in which they looked at plans for a resumption of training this month but deferred making a decision on resuming the season until the government gave the go-ahead. Australia has only had four new cases over the last 10 days, with the government lifting numerous restrictions.
Perth has four stadiums – Optus Stadium (with 65,000 capacity), Perth Oval (20,500), cricket’s WACA (24,500) and Joondalup Arena (16,000) – could be utilized if this decision goes through.
A report has also listed the stadiums which could be used if neutral venues are considered should the Premier League resume behind closed doors.
• Wembley Stadium
• London Stadium (West Ham)
• Etihad Stadium (Manchester City)
• Amex Stadium (Brighton)
• Old Trafford (Manchester United)
• St Mary’s Stadium (Southampton)
• Emirates Stadium (Arsenal)
• King Power Stadium (Leicester)
• Villa Park (Aston Villa)
