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HOW THE CALENDAR COULD BE CHANGED..

NO WAY, BHOYS

- BY NEIL McLEMAN

Premier League is due to restart – but the reality is it could be delayed for months. MAY 27: Europa League final in Gdansk. UEFA may have to reschedule. Champions League final in Istanbul. UEFA may have to reschedule.

JUNE: UEFA fear club football may not restart for another three months – at the earliest.

This date was supposed to be the end of the Euros. Now UEFA fear this could be the earliest club football finishes. AUGUST/SEPTEMBER: Becoming more likely the Premier League, FA Cup and European competitio­ns will run into the summer. With players insisting on a month’s rest, it could be when next season starts. Nations League could be scrapped.

MARCH 2021: Euro 2020 is set to be postponed until the summer of 2021 and this is when the qualifiers will be reschedule­d – and internatio­nal friendlies start again.

End of the domestic season. A scaled-down Champions League and Europa League could also finish here.

JULY 11, 2021: The Euros final – delayed by a year – takes place at Wembley. The women’s Euros 2021 will be put back until 2022. FIFA’s Club World Cup in 2021 is likely to be put on hold.

RANGERS say Celtic cannot win the Scottish Premiershi­p unless the season is completed.

Hoops boss Neil Lennon (left) has claimed the Parkhead club “should be declared champions” even with no more games.

Celtic are 13 points clear of Rangers as they seek a record-equalling ninth title in a row.

But Gers’ managing director Stewart Robertson said: “It is our view this season’s league is only complete when all 38 games are played.”

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