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Premier League players have reportedly been told to reduce their fitness regimes at home in preparation for the return of full training in May.

Football has been suspended since mid-March with no date currently set for a return.

Players have been pushing themselves in their own individual workouts in a desperate bid to maintain their fitness levels.

The Mail report that training grounds could reopen as early as the end of next month, with clubs now making plans based on that timeframe.

Club staff have now urged players to switch to an 'off-season' regime to keep ticking over, ahead of more intense work to come.

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The report states that players have been asked to:

Scale back home training regimes until May 4.

Expect a return to group training by the end of next month.

Cancel any plans to leave the country during what is effectively their ‘off season’.

Be ready to resume football ‘activities’ at 48 hours’ notice.

Reducing their workload in training will allow the players to stay at a decent level of fitness, before undergoing a mini pre-season programme.

Based on this schedule, fixtures would likely recommence some time in June.

The English Football League are plotting a return to action on June 6, which could even be a prospective date for the Premier League to also resume.

The Premier League are still involved in ongoing discussions as to how the campaign can be resumed as safely and efficiently as possible.

One scenario mooted is for players to be quarantined at a training base, with fixtures to take place behind closed doors.

The FA are believed to have made Wembley Stadium and St. Georges Park available to use should league officials decide that is the best course of action.

Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson said: "Ideally our players would have three or four weeks minimum to prepare for the first match back, but I accept there may have to be a squeeze on that timeframe.

"It might mean extra restrictions at our place of work ... It may also mean that we have to play our ... remaining matches in a shorter period of time than we normally would have done, and subsequently receive a shorter break between the seasons."