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Connor O’Neill  & Stuart Jamieson

Gary Neville explains his bizarre plan to complete the Premier League season

Gary Neville believes the Premier League should consider taking the Premier League abroad to a coronavirus-free quarantined environment to finish the season.

The Premier League is believed to be determined to finish the current season and is currently exploring the best possible ways to do so.

Although any return to club football in England is entirely dependent on government approval, the latest reports, however, have suggested that senior figures at Downing Street are behind the idea of “Project Restart”.

But Neville believes there are still questions as to whether the UK is safe enough to house competitive football, even behind closed doors and believes playing abroad should be considered.

"If the Premier League are really serious about delivering the matches that remain in a safe environment they would move it to the two or three spots that are within three or four hours of this country that are coronavirus free,” he told The Football Show on Sky Sports.

"They would take the Premier League players, broadcasters and media over, quarantine for a week or two and then deliver it in an environment that has proven it can handle this virus.

“There are a couple of hotspots in Europe that haven't got coronavirus which could handle the Premier League finishing.

"If they were serious about it and wanted to deliver it with a safe outcome, they could do that. In this country I'm not sure they can deliver it with the amount of coronavirus which is around, especially with the amount of movement of it out there and the logistic issues. I'm not sure they can deliver what they want to do."

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