Hull City wait while Yorkshire Championship rivals return to training
Players, coaches and key staff at Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town, Barnsley and Middlesbrough will reconvene at their training grounds to start preparations ahead of a potential return to action on an as yet unspecified date in the summer.
Hull City – who revealed on Sunday that two individuals have tested positive for Covid-19 – have reportedly delayed their own resumption until Thursday at the earliest.
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Hide AdTigers vice-chairman Ehab Allam voiced his opposition to football’s return in two letters to the English Football League (EFL) last week and stressed that clubs would be left “exposed to entirely unnecessary legal and financial risks” if the season eventual;ly starts again.
Last Tuesday, a leaked letter had revealed that Allam claimed that the Championship campaign should be made void and he sent further correspondence to EFL chairman Rick Parry and fellow second-tier clubs on Friday.