Gianni Infantino, the president of world football’s governing body FIFA, has insisted that beating Coronavirus should be the main priority at the moment, not football.
Leagues worldwide have been halted by the global Coronavirus pandemic and it remains completely unclear as to when they might resume, if at all, even though European football federations have made a commitment to European football’s governing body UEFA to conclude their seasons by June 30 at the latest.
UEFA have already decided to postpone the European Championship’s which were due to take place this Summer to next Summer to try and help out and there have been a number of suggestions on how competitions could finish thrown out there such as the use of playoffs to decide things like league titles, European competition places and relegation.
“These are difficult days, this is a difficult time, we have a great enemy, Coronavirus. Football must show solidarity and unity, and that we are a team. It is a global problem, the virus is showing us how global the world is and global problems need global measures,” he is quoted as saying by Italian news agency ANSA.
Infantino, who has been the president of FIFA since 2016, then went on to call for everyone to stick together in the fight against Coronavirus.
“We must all be on the same side in the fight against the Coronavirus. This is our top priority, this situation is serious, football comes later.
“We must win the game. We will do it and we will come back stronger with new ideas and we will think about the needs of football, but now we think about fighting the Coronavirus.”
