Luton players will undergo psychological work as they gear up for empty stadiums

Luton's players celebrate a victory at Middlesbrough back in February

Luton boss Nathan Jones will work with his squad psychologically in a bid to get them ready for playing in front of empty stadiums when the season potentially returns later this month.

With the Championship due to resume on June 20, it will do so behind closed doors, due to the current coronavirus pandemic preventing fans from attending.

On how Town’s players will prepare for such different surroundings, Jones said: “It’s going to be strange playing in front of no fans with the atmosphere.

“Ironically I was used to that when I was a Luton player because not many turned up to reserve games anyway so I could fit right in.

“But it’s going to be a totally different scenario playing at Kenilworth Road when you have got 10,000 passionate Luton fans normally.

“We have to do a lot of psychological work there, motivation work to handle that and it’s going to be a leveller.

“In the Bundesliga now you see a lot of away wins, as there isn’t the home advantage.

"It’s going to help us when we go to Elland Road for example but we’re going to have to learn to manage that at Kenilworth Road.”

Skipper Sonny Bradley isn’t sure how the teams will react to playing in front of no-one, as he added: “I don’t know, I don’t have the answer to that yet, it will be strange.

“I wouldn’t say it would almost be like a pre-season game where there’s not much atmosphere there, but at the same time, there’s a lot more to play for.

“So it is quite strange. I’ve been watching the Bundesliga this week and it seems to be just as competitive as it was when there was a crowd, so I’m hoping we can do the same thing.

“We need to be adapt as it might not just be these nine games that we have to do this for.

"This could potentially be football for the next six months, maybe longer, maybe next 12 months, we don’t know for sure, so we need to adjust.

“Is it a disadvantage to us not having a crowd at Kenilworth Road? Yes it is.

“But I think every club is in the same boat.

“A couple of weeks in we’ll go to Elland Road and they won’t have the luxury of playing in front of 40,000.

“That might work to our advantage, so I don’t think any team at the minute is given any advantage from this.”