Civil war is in danger of breaking out between the Premier League’s top six and the rest. Big clubs made a passionate presentation at Friday’s summit about why they must finish the campaign - and stressed if they do not complete the games then it will also leave next season surrounded by uncertainty.
But they also stressed they must avoid a “doomsday scenario” of ending the season because of the huge impact it would have on clubs their community staff and could put thousands of jobs at risk as with any other business.
However, understands that there is a feeling among a raft of clubs that the top clubs are in serious danger of destroying football’s integrity of trying to finish the season during a global pandemic.