A number of Premier League clubs want to end the current season with immediate effect and replay it once deemed safe to do so, according to The Athletic.
When all 20 top-flight teams met last week, there was a “100 per cent” commitment to completing the 2019/20 campaign – whatever that may take – with the idea of declaring it “null and void” firmly off the table.
But privately, some clubs have developed reservations about resuming football during the coronavirus crisis and are leaning towards the season being re-run regardless of the consequences.
“You look at the people sitting around the Premier League table by Skype; their egos cannot sustain a mirror being held up to them,” a senior figure told well-sourced journalist David Ornstein.
“The fact is they are not as important as a Tesco delivery driver at this time.
“We run a game. No more, no less. There is no place for sport at the moment.”
The next Premier League shareholders meeting is scheduled for April 3 and one high-ranking club official said: “I’m hoping the situation changes by then but unfortunately, the world is changing and it’s changing for the worse every day.”
With Liverpool 25 points clear of second-placed Manchester City and two wins from securing their first Premier League trophy in 30 years, this view is far from universal.
The likes of Wolves and Sheffield United would also take exception to such thinking, with both sides challenging for Champions League places.
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