Potential financial boost for Nottingham Forest and Championship rivals in restart plans

Second tier sides are believed to be facing bills of around £200,000 for coronavirus testing

Championship clubs who are having difficulty affording coronavirus tests for players and staff will reportedly be allowed to put payments on hold.

Results from the latest round of testing were revealed on Thursday, with three individuals across two teams testing positive for COVID-19. A total of 1,030 players and club staff had been tested over three days.

Fulham announced two of their players had tested positive, while Blackburn Rovers identified captain Elliott Bennett as the third individual.

Nottingham Forest and their second tier rivals returned to non-contact training on Monday.

And they could be set to start contact training next week, in a boost to their hopes of finishing the campaign.

With nine matches left to be played by each club, there remains a strong desire from the majority of Championship sides to ensure the season is completed on the pitch.

And although each club is likely to face bills estimated to be around the £200,000 mark to undertake the coronavirus testing, the Daily Mail reports teams have been given the option to have the money taken directly from their next solidarity payments.

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The report goes on to add that clubs will have the option not to have to settle the bills directly, but instead have the money deducted from the cash injections they receive from the English Football League.

According to a report from The Telegraph, the EFL were set to send proposals for phase 2 training protocols to clubs on Thursday.

The report claims a decision is then likely to be made on Monday about taking the next training step.

The implementation of that phase, should the vote be passed, would then likely come as early as the next day.

Should everything be passed, then that would give clubs at least three weeks of full training, ahead of a possible restart on either June 19 or 26.