Barnes offers radical solution for Reds title-winning season

LIVERPOOL legend John Barnes claims that the Premier League shouldn’t rule out writing off another season for the sake of completing the 2019-2020 campaign.

Barnes predicted that it might take until August to get the season back on track, which means that it won’t be over until the winter.

This is why the Reds hero believes that the governing bodies should consider scrapping a future season instead of just calling off or rushing back to this year’s campaign.

The former England international, though, claims that if this season isn’t completed then Liverpool shouldn’t be handed the title even though they are top of the table with 25 points separating them from second place.

Barnes told “You have leagues to be finished and I think leagues have to be finished, not just from Liverpool’s point of view or any other club in any country.

“‘It’s obviously bigger than that, you are talking about promotion and relegation all the way down the divisions.

“So I think if the leagues can even be delayed – you don’t have to rush back to them – maybe you have to write off a season.

“We don’t know what’s going to happen on April 3 [when the EFL suspension is currently due to end] and maybe they are going to delay it further.

“Even if we have to start in July or August, what we have to do is finish these games even if it takes up until December, which writes off the (next) season. These are desperate times and this is an unusual circumstance.

“If you’re going to give Liverpool the title who will then get relegated and promoted?

“You can’t just say, “Liverpool get the title because we’re so far ahead” because then what happens to Leeds, West Brom and Fulham? And what happens to the three teams at the bottom of the Premier League?

“Obviously safety is the most important thing, but I think the best thing to do is to allow this season to take place, however long it takes.

“There’s no need to rush back. Now that the Euros has been postponed, even if you play one game a week from October, then the season goes on to January or February.

“Then you can have a proper pre-season and kick-start the new season at the right time rather than be playing catch-up for years.” – Express Newspapers