West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady reckons the English Football League (EFL) season could be curtailed early after yesterday's suspension because of the coronavirus.
The EFL board held an emergency meeting on Friday morning in response to the COVID-19 outbreak and agreed there will be no more matches until April 3, at the earliest.
This means Nottingham Forest will not be back in action until April 4 against arch rivals Derby County, at the earliest.
The Reds are currently in fifth place in the Sky Bet Championship table, 10 points adrift of the automatic promotion places and are one of a number of clubs who were hoping to be playing Premier League football next season.
There is now a decision to be made about how the season continues, if at all it does.
The campaign could continue into the summer with the European Championships expected to be put back a year.
And Brady reckons the Premier League and EFL season could be brought to a close early.
“As games in both the PL and in the EFL are affected, the only fair and reasonable thing to do is declare the whole season null and void,” Brady told The Sun.
She added: “Who knows who would have gone down or come up if the games have not actually been played in full?
"A huge blow to Liverpool who might be robbed of their first title in 30 years.
“This will be discussed between the PL and the clubs next week at an emergency meeting.”
“There are, of course, financial implications, wages and transfer debts must be paid and there is lost broadcast revenue, lost matchday income but this pales into insignificance as the health and well-being of everyone must come first.
“Further down the EFL, right down to the pyramid, the greater the threat to future existence. But I suspect that by hook or by crook most will survive.
“The virus has a long way to travel yet. On Monday all games were going ahead and by Friday all 20 Premier League clubs had voted in an emergency shareholder meeting call to suspend the league. A week is a long time at the moment.”
