16 March 2020

Alan Shearer says if Premier League is cancelled there can be 'no winners or losers'

Alan Shearer has said if the Premier League is cancelled due to coronavirus there shouldn't be any 'winners and losers'.

The former footballer, now TV pundit, said: "If, and it is a huge if, the season cannot be completed then there is no way you can have a winner or loser.

"As harsh and as horrible as that would be for some clubs, none more so than Liverpool, it is the only outcome," he wrote in his column for The Sun.

"If you cannot complete the fixtures then you cannot go handing out titles or consider relegating anybody.

"People have spoken of bringing Leeds and West Brom up from the Championship — but there would be uproar from other clubs.

"Sitting seven and six points above third with nine games to go, there is no guarantee they would finish in the top two. For Liverpool, it would be incredibly harsh.

"But I cannot see how it would be fair to hand them the title — despite the fact it is obvious nobody is going to catch them."

The league is currently suspended until April 3 after Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta contracted the virus.

Football chiefs will meet on April 3 to discuss the plan for the end of the season and Shearer believes if the decision is made to end the league as it stands, no one should win it.

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