Premier League clubs will discuss contact training protocols next week before any season restart date can be agreed, the competition's chief executive Richard Masters has said.
Step one of the return to training protocols were unanimously approved by clubs on Monday. At this stage, players must practise social distancing at all times, the league said.
Players and managers, including Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling, have insisted adequate time must be factored in between the resumption of regular contact training and any season start date.
Masters says the widely reported start date of June 12 has only ever been a "staging post" and a more definitive restart date can be set only once contact training protocols have been approved.
"June 12 was a staging post; it wasn't a firm commitment and what we don't want to do is continue to move it around," he said.
"They are content with them. I think we have done everything we can to get them in a place where they feel comfortable and obviously we just need to ensure we continue to follow Government guidance as and when it comes out with these next steps of protocols."
The league's medical adviser Dr Mark Gillett said there would need to be further discussion about whether teams should be quarantined in hotels once the action begins.
"That is something we are going to need to think about and consult widely with players, managers, clubs, the LMA, the PFA – all the stakeholders as we move through into that phase," he said.
"It's certainly something that will be discussed and, ultimately when we get into phase three in particular, we will make a decision on that and it will be one that everyone is happy with."
