Former Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre believes Jurgen Klopp will guide the Reds to Premier League glory - even if they are made to wait until next season.
Top-flight football has been suspended since March 13 in response to the coronavirus outbreak, although clubs have committed to resuming the season when it is safe to do so.
Liverpool stand a record 25 points clear at the summit and need only two wins from their remaining nine games to lift the title for the first time since 1990.
Ayre, who helped appoint Jurgen Klopp in October 2015, ended a 10-year tenure at the club in the summer of 2017 and now works for new MLS franchise Nashville SC.
And he is convinced Liverpool are ideally placed to respond in the right manner should they be denied the Premier League title this season.
“I’ve been a Liverpool fan for 50 years and I’ve always said to people that we never do things the easy way,” said Ayre, from his MLS base in Nashville.
“Look at Istanbul, the League Cup final of 2012, Barcelona last year. It’s the Liverpool way, to some degree.
“They’ll either get it sorted and win it this year or they won’t, but, whatever happens, they’ll bounce back.
“If it’s not this year, then it will be next year. Jurgen and everybody would say, ‘Bring it on’, if they have to wait."
Ayre, speaking to the Mirror, added: "This Liverpool team is very young in comparison to a lot of squads and they won’t have many players rotating out through age or contracts this summer.
“Whether they’re rightly allowed to win the league this year, what will be will be. But I’ve no doubt that, if it doesn’t happen this season, it will happen next season.”
