Premier League clubs will not be given a chance to void the current season.
Top flight clubs, including representatives from Newcastle United, will gather for a video conference on Friday to discuss the next steps amid the coronavirus pandemic, with football in England suspended until at least April 30.
With the pandemic not expected to peak in England until May or June, however, the chances of being able to resume at the end of April appear remote.
The delay in resuming the campaign has led to dissension from some clubs, who feel the cleanest way to resolve the issue is to declare the season null and void - as the FA has done for football below the National League.
West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady has already gone public with her desire to cancel the season, whilst other clubs are also believed to support that idea.
It would see Liverpool robbed of their first league title in 30 years, whilst the likes of Norwich City, Aston Villa and Bournemouth would be handed a reprieve from the relegation battle they currently find themselves in.
Yet it has emerged that Premier League clubs cannot unilaterally scrap the campaign, with any change in promotion and relegation needing to be agreed with the FA League Committee and the EFL.
With the EFL having already revealed that all 72 of their clubs have agreed to complete the season, it appears likely that the Premier League will have no choice but to continue to investigate the best way to play out the 92 remaining fixtures.
Part of the issue comes from promotion to the Premier League - with Leeds United and West Bromwich Albion both clear at the top of the Championship table, the Premier League would need to agree with the EFL that cancelling promotion would be the best course of action.
