The postponement of the Premier League due to the coronavirus pandemic has thrown the end of the season into chaos.
No one can be sure when, or even if, the campaign will be completed, or the potential ramifications the covid-19 outbreak will have on football for the coming years.
Uefa will almost certainly announce that Euro 2020 will be pushed back 12 months in order to give domestic leagues a chance to finish their domestic campaigns this summer, though that could throw up further problems.
Given the traditional calendar, footballers' contracts - permanent or loan deals - often run until the end of June. Should the season push on into July, clubs with players out of contract this summer are left in a difficult position.
Some agents believe the task will be simple: a straightforward tweak to the dates in the original contract and the problem is solved.
But football is seldom so simple.
Players who clubs would have hoped to move on this summer could use the situation to leverage longer contracts, while pre-contract deals - such as Hakim Ziyech's move to Chelsea - could be bogged down in red tape.
Standard Sport has compiled a list of all the Premier League players who could be stuck in this situation come the summer...
AFC Bournemouth
- Simon Francis
- Artur Boruc
- Andrew Surman
- Charlie Daniels
- Ryan Fraser
- Jordon Ibe
- Jack Simpson
- Harry Wilson (on loan from Liverpool)
Arsenal
- Matt Macey
- Dani Ceballos (on loan from Real Madrid)
- Pablo Mari (loan with option to buy)
- Cedric Soares (on loan from Southampton)
Aston Villa
- Borja Baston
- Keinan Davis
- Matija Sarkic
- Danny Drinkwater (on loan from Chelsea)
- Pepe Reina (on loan from AC Milan)
Brighton & Hove Albion
- Beram Kayal
- Ezequiel Schelotto
- Burnley
- Aaron Lennon
- Phil Bardsley
- Joe Hart
- Adam Legzdins
- Ashley Westwood
- Robbie Brady
Chelsea
- Olivier Giroud
- Willian
- Pedro
- Willy Caballero
- Marco van Ginkel
- Crystal Palace
- Stephen Henderson
Everton
- Maarten Stekelenburg
- Leighton Baines
- Cuco Martina
- Djbril Sidibe
- Oumar Niasse
Leicester City
- Eldin Jakupovic
- Christian Fuchs
- Wes Morgan
- Nampalys Mendy
- Ryan Bennett (on loan from Wolves)
Liverpool
- Andy Lonergan
- Adam Lallana
Manchester City
- David Silva
- Claudio Bravo
- Scott Carson (on loan from Derby County)
Manchester United
- Nemanja Matic
- Timothy Fosu-Mensah
- Odion Ighalo (on loan from Shanghai Shenhua)
Newcastle United
- Rob Elliot
- Andy Carroll
- Jack Colback
- Karl Darlow
- Javier Manquillo
- Jamie Sterry
- Matt Longstaff
- Danny Rose (on loan from Tottenham)
- Nabil Bentaleb (on loan from Schalke)
- Valentino Lazaro (on loan from Inter Milan)
- Jetro Willems (on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt)
Norwich City
- Ondrej Duda (onon loan from Hertha Berlin)
Sheffield United
- Phil Jagielka
- Leon Clarke
- Jack Rodwell
- Ricky Holmes
- John Lundstram
- Kieron Freedman
- Richario Zivkovic (on loan loan from Changchun Yatai)
- Panagiotis Restos (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
- Dean Henderson (on loan from Manchester United)
- Muhamed Besic (on loan from Everton)
Southampton
- Shane Long
- Kevin Danso (on loan from Augsburg)
- Kyle Walker-Peters (on loan from Tottenham)
Tottenham
- Jan Vertonghen
- Michel Vorm
Watford
- Ben Foster
- Heurelho Gomes
- Adrian Mariappa
- Jose Holebas
- Daniel Bachmann
West Ham
- Pablo Zabaleta
- Carlos Sanchez
- Tomas Soucek (loan with an option to buy)
Wolves
- John Ruddy
- Phil Ofosu-Ayeh
- Bright Enobkhare
- Max Kilman
