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Evening Standard
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David Lynch

Relegation-threatened Liverpool not fighting attempts to resume WSL season

Liverpool are not fighting attempts to resume the current Women's Super League season, Standard Sport understands.

Reports on Monday suggested that the Reds were among a number of clubs pushing for the campaign to be abandoned on the grounds that player safety would be endangered in the event of a resumption.

The FA have already taken that course of action with every league below the top two tiers of the women’s game - scrapping promotion and relegation in the process - but are attempting to find alternative solutions for the Championship and WSL.

A similar approach further up the pyramid would clearly benefit Liverpool, who sat rock bottom of the top division prior to all football being suspended.

Vicky Jepson’s side had picked up just six points from their 14 games thus far, leaving them a point adrift of 11th-placed Birmingham City.

(Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

However, it is understood that the Merseyside club are not leading calls for abandonment during ongoing talks over a potential restart.

Such a stance would, of course, run contrary to the Reds’ hopes that the men’s Premier League season might still resume in some format.

Jurgen Klopp’s side were just two wins away from ending a 30-year wait for a league title before the coronavirus pandemic halted the action.

And so club chiefs remain committed to finding solutions for a resumption on both fronts.

It has previously been reported that the WSL could be finished by virtue of a condensed schedule being played out at a neutral venue.

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