Brighton CEO Paul Barber has spoken about the Premier League's Project Restart.

Barber has been skeptical of many of the league's plans over the past couple of weeks.

And he believes that officials in England should be looking at what is being done in the German Bundesliga, which is set to resume on May 15.

Barber said: "The Germans are managing to restart their season playing at their home grounds.

"Are we so concerned about our situation that we couldn't manage our ground in the same way?

"If Germany can, why can't we? We've got some of the best stadiums in the world, some of the best-run football clubs in the world, one of the best leagues in the world with great administrators.

"Why can't we make it happen in our country and finish the season the way it started?

"From our point of view, we need to find out a bit more about why neutral venues were even put forward in the first place.

"Why are neutral venues so much safer than clubs being able to play in their own venues?

"Operationally, I feel I would trust football fans to respect any advice they were given to stay away from games being played behind closed doors.

"Our supporters at Brighton would understand that if they didn't comply with that request then there would be serious sanctions.

"I know Germany has managed the Covid 19 pandemic differently to ours and I understand they've got different results on infection rates, mortality rates and it's a much bigger country. The stadiums might be designed in a different way.

"But the stadiums I've been to in Germany are in built up areas.

"I was there last season in Dortmund, there's a residential area opposite the stadium, the station is not far from the venue and that will be used in the next few weeks."