Italy's sports minister is planning to extend the ban on games and competitions in the country through all of April.
The current nationwide lockdown is due to expire on Friday but Italian health experts have said the need to try to contain COVID-19 will likely last weeks beyond that.
Minister Vincenzo Spadafora tells Italian daily La Repubblica that talks about restarting the Serie A soccer league on May 3 are "unrealistic".
He adds: "(On Monday) I will propose extending the ban on sports competitions at every level for all of April. And I'll extend the measure to training an area where we hadn't intervened because there was still a possibility of holding the Olympics."
Spadafora says he's hoping Serie A officials show "a serious desire to change. The big clubs live in a bubble, beyond their means, starting with the millionaire wages of the players. They need to understand that nothing will be like before anymore after this crisis."