Maritzburg United chairman Farook Kadodia has revealed that PSL clubs are spending up to R40,000 on Covid-19 testing and sanitisation, adding that the league can’t foot the bill.

Clubs across the country are frantically trying to get their Covid-19 compliance protocols in place for the restart of football.

A big part of the protocols is to ensure that all staff and players are tested and that equipment and works spaces are sanitised.

Maritzburg United chairman Farook Kadodia says each club has had to pay for the mandatory Covid-19 testing and sanitisation themselves, which has come at a big cost.

‘Look‚ the whole sanitisation process of the training field‚ the stadium and the changing rooms, all these things come at a cost‚’ Kadodia said at an online media conference.

‘The testing also, you take 40 people for a test and it’s nothing less than R35,000 up to R40,000.

‘Unfortunately, the league cannot foot the bill, it’s up to us as clubs to foot the bill, and we will have to repeat those testings once we have completed training and we get ready to resume the season,’ Kadodia explained.

‘The important thing is that to continue football we’ve got to follow protocol and ensure that all these health responsibilities are taken care of.

‘I’m more than confident that we as Maritzburg are ready. We have submitted whatever requirements we had to the league.’