The start date for the 2021-2022 Premier League season has been announced on Thursday 25th March 2021.
The 2021-2022 Premier League season, according to the statement released on Thursday, will begin on the weekend of 14 August 2021.
Following a condensed schedule this term, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the 2019/20 season to be delayed and finished last summer, the 2021-2022 Premier League season will now revert back to its traditional starting slot in the second week of August.
The league has opted to begin next season on 14 August, instead of 7 August to allow clubs in European competitions have some rest before the start of the 2021-2022 League season.
This season will conclude on 22 May 2022, with all 10 games kicking off simultaneously.
Should any Premier League players reach the final of Euro 2020 on 11 July, then those players will have 34 days’ rest.
Though clubs will likely grant additional rest for those players.
The EFL season will start a week earlier, with confirmation that it will start on 6 August.
The Football League have already confirmed that that will get underway on Friday, August 6.
Fans will be permitted back in Premier League stadiums from 17 May.
Up to 10,000 fans will be allowed as the UK prepares to come out of lockdown, though only for stadiums with more than 40,000 seats.