Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti believes football is facing a period of contraction.

The league remains suspended until at least April 30 and in a statement last night, issued in conjunction with the EFL and PFA, the Premier League said games would only return when it was "safe and conditions allow".

“Today the priority is health, limiting the infection," Ancelotti told Corriere dello Sport.

"Everything else is secondary. When you start again, when you finish, the dates, the promises, the hopes ... believe me, I don't care, at the moment it is the least of my thoughts.

"The Premier League has forced clubs to give everyone three weeks of vacation, players, coaches, staff.

"The initial idea was to start again in May, but there is no question that we will succeed.

"I hear about cutting salaries, suspension of payments. They seem to me outdated, untimely solutions ...

"Soon the economy will change, and at all levels, TV rights will be worth less, footballers and coaches will earn less, tickets will cost less because people will have less money. Let's get ready for a general contraction."