Chelsea don’t know when Hakim Ziyech will arrive in west London. Coronavirus chaos has wreaked havoc with the sporting calendar.
All football is suspended indefinitely until the outbreak is under control. That means the summer transfer window will almost certainly be shunted.
Ziyech was set to formally become a Chelsea player on July 1. The Blues rubber stamped a deal worth up to £36.6m for the Ajax player in February.
However, the Premier League and Eredivisie might not have finished by that point. Some ’guiding principles' look set to come into play imminently as the football community looks to keep business on track.