When can fans watch Leeds United live again?

Will the current season be properly concluded?

That remains the million dollar question but both the Premier League and EFL have always maintained a desire to fulfil their remaining fixtures when it is safe to do so.

There have, however, been reports that the remainder of the League One and League Two seasons will be scrapped - possibly by as early as this Tuesday.

There are naturally fears that the Championship and even Premier League campaigns could go the same way and for Leeds the biggest stumbling block is time with EFL chairman Rick Parry saying the Championship season must be concluded by July 31 - when around 1,400 players will be out of contract.

The EFL have said they expect to be able to complete all remaining fixtures within a 56-day time-frame but there are already only 81 days until the July deadline and teams are not even back in training yet.

Leeds have been following individual programmes at home in the meantime with the EFL having identified May 16 - this Saturday - as a suggested date for sides to return to training.

But it will naturally take teams time to get up to speed and there has even been talk of teams wanting to play friendlies before jumping straight back into league action.

When is the earliest Leeds could play?

The EFL have naturally always said they will be guided by government advice and the answer to that question is June 1.

That, though, will only be possible if sufficient progress is made in limiting the spread of the virus between now and then with particular focus on the rate of infection.

If the Government are satisfied with progress, then step two of the road map for exiting the lockdown imposed to limit the spread of Covid-19 could begin on Monday, June 1, but no earlier.

Included within that step two is "permitting cultural and sporting events to take place behind closed-doors for broadcast, while avoiding the risk of large-scale social contact."

It is worth noting that Saturday, June 6 will mark 56 days until the July 31 deadline so if the Championship is not back underway by that date then there will naturally have to be huge doubts as to the season being completed though in reality plans are likely to be decided one way or the other well before then.

When will fans be allowed back in to watch?

In short, no time soon, and any resumption of the football season has always been discussed on the assumption that games would be played behind closed doors.

Quite how long that will last for remains to be seen but supporters will not be gracing Elland Road or another other football stadium any time soon.

The government's road map document talks about venues such as cinemas and hairdressers reopening in step three of the exit plan - no earlier than July 4 - but states: "Some venues which are, by design, crowded and where it may prove difficult to enact distancing may still not be able to reopen safely at this point, or may be able to open safely only in part."

Page 21 of the document warns that opening of venues such as sports stadia "may only be fully possible significantly later depending on the reduction in numbers of infections."

The significantly later part makes the alarm bells ring and there are fears that in reality fans will not be allowed back into stadiums until a vaccine for coronavirus is found and experts have warned that could take up to a year.

That has naturally led to thoughts that a very large part of next season whenever that might finally materialise also have to be played behind closed doors, let alone the completion of the 2019-20 season, if it even happens.

For fans, the only saving grace are the EFL's plans to attempt to stream every remaining game live.

How worrying is this in terms of Leeds United's promotion bid?

That, actually, is quite hard to answer because if the remainder of the season is scrapped then it appears highly likely that United would be promoted without kicking another ball.

EFL chairman Rick Parry has already stated that he would still expect three teams to be promoted from the Championship even if the rest of the season cannot be concluded and that the Premier League still expect three teams to go down.

Those sides currently in the top flight's relegation places will naturally have something to say about that but even if relegation is scrapped then at worst Leeds ought to be looking at promotion into an extended Premier Division next term.

Just about viable model for deciding league placings would have United in first or second with the weighted points per game method seemingly favoured and the only threat to United in the event of remaining games not being played would be the campaign being declared null and void, as has effectively been the case in Holland.

That has naturally left second tier leaders SC Cambuur furious given that they were 11-points clear in the automatic promotion spots and in a similar position to Leeds.

United sit top of the Championship with nine games left, one point clear of second-placed West Brom but crucially with a seven-point cushion in the division's automatic promotion spots.

And it is worth noting that FA chairman Greg Clarke has told Premier League clubs that English football's governing body will not sanction 'no relegation' or voiding the season which will obviously have an impact on the EFL.

All of the above should be music to United's ears but you can never be sure and United's players are naturally keen to seal promotion in the proper manner and for absolute certain, on the pitch.

It goes without saying that above all else the lack of any football at present and the likelihood that the game will be without crowds for a fairly long time is also having a huge financial impact across the game and that is the big concern.

Even if Leeds are promoted without kicking another ball, the sooner the beautiful game returns the better.