EFL chairman Ricky Parry has written to clubs to tell them that players should not return to training until Saturday May 16th "at the earliest".

LONDON MAYOR Sadiq Khan has criticised Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho and some of his players for training in a public park despite the coronavirus lockdown.

PROFESSIONAL football in Britain has been suspended until at least April 30th as a result of the spread of coronavirus. Here is a guide to what is happening at Premier League and EFL clubs in response to the crisis.

FORMER Liverpool captain Jamie Carragher says the club have lost “respect and goodwill” by becoming the fifth Premier League side to ask for taxpayer money to fund their staff wages.

TONY STRUDWICK says building relationships is still the most important skill for any practitioner, despite the increasing influence of data and science in football.

TOTTENHAM will cut the pay of all 550 non-playing directors and employees by 20% in April and May using, “where appropriate”, the Government’s furlough scheme.

FURLOUGH now seems to be a key part of the football lexicon. Why have only staff and not players been furloughed so far though?

NEWCASTLE UNITED have become the first Premier League club to put their staff on furlough.

PRESTON Head of Performance Tom Little says his players are focusing on three key elements to maintain ‘football fitness’ during the coronavirus shutdown.

MANCHESTER UNITED Head of Football Development John Murtough is heading up a working group developing the club’s data science strategy.

LEEDS UNITED’S players, coaching staff and senior management have volunteered to take a wage deferral for the “foreseeable future” to ensure that all 272 full-time staff at the club can continue to be paid.

HOW are clubs managing to train and monitor their players during the coronavirus shutdown? George Perry asked Crystal Palace's Scott Guyett, Bristol City's Patrick Orme and Callum Lester of Grimsby Town.