League Managers Association chief executive Richard Bevan said Friday that the English season can only be restarted if all footballers are tested for coronavirus.
"Tests must be made available first to National Health Service (NHS) workers and patients," Bevan told the BBC.
"Once that's happened, by all means let's access it in sport."
Football has already been shelved for a month due to the virus which has killed nearly 9,000 people in Britain.
Football League chiefs believe they can finish the season in 56 days once it is safe to resume.
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"We're not really going to see more accurate forecasting about when we can get on the pitch until the end of April," added Bevan.
"In Germany, if you look at discussions about coming back in May, that's probably a direct result of some very clear thinking from their government because they're doing 50,000 tests a day.
"In this country we're doing 10,000 per day, although the government are targeting 100,000 each day by the end of the month.
"Our managers do not want to be back
