Mamelodi Sundowns biokinetics specialist Stuart McGregor finds it challenging to plan team training schedules to the unknown restart date for the PSL.

The PSL had a proposed date of 18 July for competitive matches to resume in South Africa after Dr Irvin Khoza announced that 31 August was the deadline for the completion of the current season.

World footballing body Fifa has since announced that the South African Football Association (Safa) can be flexible on ending the current campaign and starting the 2020-21 season beyond August.

The Brazilians are currently in their second week of camp in Rustenburg as they prepare for the resumption of the 2019-20 Premier Soccer League season.

However, McGregor admits that it has been tough on the players to be away from each other for more than 100 days.

‘It’s nice to have the group back after a while that is the main thing, we have been busy with the boys but the only negative is that we do not have a return date confirmed. It has made the planning of the training sessions a challenge because of the unknown date,’ McGregor told Mamelodi Sundowns’ official website.

‘The Zoom sessions have helped a lot in maintaining the conditions of the players. Adjusting to it is not the same but I want to say that it’s great that we are back on the field now and they have adjusted very well. The professionalism of the boys whilst at home was superb and I commend them.

‘They are handling the loading well, we are making sure that they are getting enough recovery between sessions of niggles, but no real concerns – we have managed it well. The pitch was hard which was the concern, the facilities were also closed like the rest of the country but we have managed and we are looking forward to the return of the games and finish of the season’, concluded McGregor.