Former Newcastle midfielder Jermaine Jenas has called for this season's FA Cup to be scrapped so the current Premier League campaign can finish.
English football was plunged into uncertainty on Friday when it was announced the professional game had been postponed until April 3 due to a rise in the coronavirus outbreak.
The virus is expected to spread further and cause even more delays to the season and there are key meetings in place to decide what happens with the current campaign.
It is expected EURO 2020 will be put back a year to allow European league competitions to finish and Jenas feels the domestic cup competitions should be scrapped this season as well.
His comments aren't going to go down too well with Newcastle fans, after the Magpies reached their first FA Cup quarter-final in 14 seasons.
The Magpies are due to face reigning champions Manchester City at St James' Park in the last eight and are one win away from a first trip to Wembley Stadium since it reopened in 2007.
"We have to think smaller right now," Jenas told the Football Daily Podcast.
"Get rid of this season's cup competitions and finish the league when we can, even if it means moving the Euros to 2021.
"I do think the domestic leagues are the most important.
"It's impossible to please everybody, and only 50% of the Premier League clubs would be happy if the league was to finish right now. Liverpool would miss out on the title and Sheffield United and Wolves would not be able to qualify for the Champions League.
"Promotion from the Championship and relegation from the Premier League is huge financially, so that is why I say the cup competitions might have to take the hit."
