Championship clubs resume group training on Monday but not League One

The uncertainty around the future of League One means its clubs will not return to group training when Championship clubs do on Monday.
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Second-tier players have been given permission to resume training once they get the results of coronavirus tests carried out on Thursday and Friday.

But with League Two clubs requesting their seasons be abandoned, and League One set to vote on whether they should do the same next week, their players and staff have not been tested for covid-19. They will be able to open their training grounds from Monday, but only for individual training sessions.

RETURN: Leeds United captain Liam Cooper trains at Thorp Arch before the lockdownRETURN: Leeds United captain Liam Cooper trains at Thorp Arch before the lockdown
RETURN: Leeds United captain Liam Cooper trains at Thorp Arch before the lockdown
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Any player of staff member attending the training ground will have to sign up to their club's covid-19 operational policy.

Players at League One Doncaster Rovers and League Two Bradford City are on furlough, and cannot train, or play, until they come off it.

The Football League is expected to announce its test results on Sunday, but will not make the specifics public. They will simply say how many people have been tested, and how many positive cases there were across the Championship.

The Premier League returned to training on Tuesday after announcing six positive tests from 748.

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Championship players who test positive or show symptoms of coronavirus despite a negative test will be told to self-isolate for seven days, after which they will be tested again. Some Premier League players have not returned to training because of their concerns about the virus.

Tests will be carried out twice a week.

The Football League has stressed that the tests, carried out by Nationwide Pathology, have no impact on the availability of tests to NHS and other key workers. Tests are carried out by a combination of independent testers, club medical staff and self-testing.

Clubs have been provided with updated and finalised return to training protocols. Players are not allowed to change at the training ground and spitting in training is explicity outlawed.

The protocols are available in full here.

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