June 17 start for Premier League with Man City taking on Arsenal

The Premier League will restart on Wednesday, June 17, according to reports.
Arsenal and Manchester City will kick off the top-flight's return to actionArsenal and Manchester City will kick off the top-flight's return to action
Arsenal and Manchester City will kick off the top-flight's return to action

Executives from the 20 top-flight clubs gathered for a shareholders’ meeting on Thursday, and it was reported that agreement was reached over the remaining rounds of games to be played.

Two rearranged matches – Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal – will be played first, before the first full round of games on the weekend of June 20 and 21, reports said.

The last action in the Premier League was on March 9, before the competition was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 13.