Bundesliga return a 'huge and positive step': UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin

As the Bundesliga is set to return to action this month, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said that its resumption is a 'huge and positive step' towards bringing optimism back to people's lives.

As the Bundesliga is set to return to action this month, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said that its resumption is a 'huge and positive step' towards bringing optimism back to people's lives. "It is great news that the German authorities have agreed that the Bundesliga can return. This is a huge and positive step to bringing optimism back to people's lives," Goal.com quoted Ceferin as saying.

The coronavirus pandemic had brought all football leagues to a standstill. However, the German Football Association (DFL) on Thursday announced that Bundesliga will resume from May 16. Ceferin said he is confident that Germany will provide a 'shining example' of how to bring football back.

"It is the result of constructive dialogue and careful planning between the football authorities and politicians and I am confident that Germany will provide a shining example to all of us in how to bring football - with all its excitement, emotion and unpredictability - back into our lives. I wish everyone connected with this every success," he said. (ANI)