Brescia president Massimo Cellino says Serie A will need assistance from the government over the competition's coronavirus suspension.

Cellino says the solution will be for the government to help football limit the damage caused.

“The government should discount the contributions on players' salaries," he told La Repubblica. “For the state, it would be a loss of €150m. But isn't it worse if Italian football falls, since it's now the third largest business in the country?

“In the brightest of forecasts, the championship could start again behind closed doors the first week in May and we would be able to limit the damage.

“We could give the players 25 days of holiday and bring them back on April 15. At that point the holidays would have already taken place and the campaign could end between May and June. But if it gets worse than we think, we lose five months of the campaign."