The Premier League is set to restart next month after being given the green light by the British government.
Culture secretary Oliver Dowden chaired a meeting with chief executives from the Premier League, EFL and Football Association to discuss plans to restart the season next month.
The Premier League met on Monday to discuss "Project Restart" and hopes for a return to action on 12 June, with matches played behind closed doors
Dowden said: "Today's positive meeting I hosted with the football authorities progressed plans for the resumption of the professional game in England.
"We all agreed that we will only go ahead if it is safe to do so and the health and welfare of players, coaches and staff comes first."
The minister added that it is now over to the respective governing bodies on how best to deliver a restart.
"The government is opening the door for competitive football to return safely in June," he said.
"This should include widening access for fans to view live coverage and ensure finances from the game's resumption supports the wider football family.
"It is now up to the football authorities to agree and finalise the detail of their plans, and there is combined goodwill to achieve this for their fans, the football community and the nation as a whole.
"The Government and our medical experts will continue to offer guidance and support to the game ahead of any final decision which would put these plans into action."
There still will be plenty of bumps in the road that will need to be smoothed out before any return to action.
Earlier on Thursday, veteran Brighton striker Glenn Murray became the latest top-flight player to raise concerns about returning to action.
"I just can't understand after just sort of loosening the lockdown why we're in such a rush to get it back," he said. "Why can't we just wait sort of a month or so to see if things go to plan?"
And England's deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van-Tam, said that getting players safely back to training is the first priority.
He said: "There will be small, carefully measured, step-wise approaches to see what can be achieved safely. The first of those is to return safely to training, still observing social distancing.
"We will have to see how that goes before we can even think about moving on to the return of competitive football matches."
