SNEAKINGIN ( ) THE PREM IS BACK... BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT

ultimately, pay the bills. This will include commentators, touchline reporters and riggers, electricians and technicians.

There is space for the written media – up to 25 from newspapers, plus radio – who will all be told to arrive an hour before kick-off, taken straight to their seats and press conferences will be conducted via Zoom.

And the Matchday Operations Plan includes strict restrictions on who can go where, as the tunnel area will be deemed a “red zone” to try and limit who is near the players to reduce the risk.

Many clubs will fill the empty seats with banners for players per club in the squad and two on standby)

Tunnel will be a to limit access their own team and also slogans supporting the NHS.

The empty spaces will allow TV channels to post cameras in different places plus there is a push for halftime interviews and dressing room access – but the clubs have had resistance from managers and players.

One of the biggest obstacles is how to overcome getting to away games.

Clubs are being urged to use private planes as they can be easier to clean than coaches and better for social distancing than trains, but there are no hotels to stay in and travel will be on the day.

It will be Premier League – but with some difference. press officers from each club would also be present

written press would be permitted to attend radio broadcasters – although as many as four of those would be from each club’s media operations members of medical and coaching staff

doping control officers off-site staff from host broadcaster directors and executives from both clubs staff inside the stadium from the host broadcaster