"You can't start next season until this one finishes, whenever that is," says Sky Sports pundit Carragher after Premier League campaign was suspended
Sunday 15 March 2020 14:53, UK
Jamie Carragher believes the 2019/20 Premier League season should be completed at a later date, after it was suspended due to coronavirus concerns.
The Premier League have, along with the other professional leagues in England, announced they have postponed all fixtures until April 3 "at the earliest".
Euro 2020 is already in doubt, and next week's Champions League and Europa League last-16 games have been postponed. Sky Sports pundit Carragher has raised the question of when the current season could be completed, with his former club Liverpool just two wins from lifting their first Premier League trophy.
"You can't start next season until this one finishes whenever that is," he wrote on Twitter. "No title winners? Who goes into the Champions League next season? Leeds, West Bromwich Albion and one other miss out on promotion? Three clubs in the Premier League stay up."
The top flight has not been subject to mass cancellations or delays for decades, with a narrow window currently in place between the end of the campaign on May 17, and the start of Euro 2020 on June 12.
A delay to the international competition, which is expected to be postponed until next summer, could give the season longer to finish, but Sky Sports' Gary Nevlile called the situation 'unprecedented' in light of the outbreak.
Until Friday's announcement, only two games had been called off, with Arsenal's trip to Manchester City on Wednesday postponed because the owner of Olympiakos, who beat the Gunners in the Europa League earlier this month, had contracted the virus.
Since then Arsenal's trip to Brighton on Saturday was also postponed with the news of Mikel Arteta's positive test - with the entire Premier League schedule then delayed on Friday morning.
Among Premier League clubs, players or staff from Everton, Leicester, Bournemouth, Watford and Chelsea have all either shown symptoms or contracted the illness.
How does a league shut down to combat coronavirus? China's season was supposed to start in February but has been indefinitely postponed due to the outbreak.
What is life like for a manager in China? How are the players - and the sport - dealing with no games on a Saturday?
Sky Sports' Adam Bate spoke to Shanghai Shenxin manager Gary White, a man at the heart of the confusion, to find out how the country has adapted.
UEFA members will meet on Tuesday to discuss how best to proceed with domestic and European club competitions amid the coronavirus pandemic - with Euro 2020 likely to be postponed until next summer.
The meeting, which will be held via video conference, will see the 55 member associations discuss the issue and how it might affect Euro 2020, which is scheduled to begin on June 12.
