Dr John MacLean is 'optimistic' professional football can return between September and October. MacLean, who is the SFA Chief Medical Consultant, also sits on the SFA and SPFL run COVID-19 Joint Response Group.
And the experienced practitioner reckons that despite a variety of issues resulting from the current coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Premiership can return before the turn of the year.
He told Sportsound: “The next stage is trying to get these individuals back into a training ground. For some of our bigger clubs who have their own training ground this is relatively easy, but for some of the other clubs who use local authority facilities that are closed at the moment, it’s another hurdle.“But to get a player to a training ground