In what is clearly a holding manoeuver, English football has opted to suspend all games in all professional leagues until the 6th of April. Obviously, this is not a situation that will be resolved in a couple of weeks, the legal ramifications alone could last for months.
The financial implications for smaller clubs are likely to be unpalatable. Indeed, most sides are dependent upon gate receipts in order to simply get by. Postponing games without a defined strategy will severely test the nerves of most owners.
As for Spurs, say it quietly, but what is undoubtedly a grim situation for mankind, could be a rather handy time for recovery and maybe even rejuvenation.
This is unchartered territory for all involved and for the clubs in the upper echelons of the footballing food chain – like Tottenham – the issue of gate receipts will be less of a burden, and attention will be focused upon not just the best protocols for training regimes, but for how the organizations will function at all given, the obvious concerns.