MFA EXCO to decide whether Premier League resumes on May 18

The Malta Football Association is set to make a final decision on whether the BOV Premier League and the FA Trophy will be completed during an Executive Committee meeting that will be held on May 18.

Bjorn Vassallo, the MFA president, broke the news during a video conference with representatives of the Premier League clubs on Thursday.

During the last few days, there has been a lot of discussion on whether the BOV Premier League should resume next month or not but so far both the Malta FA and the health authorities have remained non-committal on whether there will be the conditions to complete the last two competitions of the 2019-20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before the Executive Committee meeting, the MFA will meet with the health authorities .

Unless the health authorities give a clear direction that football can resume, the Premier League will be ended with six matches left, the MFA said.

The Malta Football Association has until May 25 to inform European governing body UEFA on whether the 2019-20 season will be completed or not.

Sources said that during the meeting, the MFA president told the representatives that the local governing body of football had presented a...