Bundesliga eyes return on May 9

GERMAN FOOTBALL could resume on May 9 if regional politicians sign off on the league’s plan.

The state governors of Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia have said May 9 would be acceptable, but other state officials have signalled they would prefer the middle or end of May.

League Chief Executive Officer Christian Seifert says “if the state governors and the federal government decide that this day is May 9, then we would be ready on May 9”.

Seifert says games could be held with a limit of 213 people in the stadium and up to 109 in the surrounding area.

Jamaican international Leon Bailey plays for Bayer Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga.