Coronavirus: Will the Premier League season complete?...Just hand the title to Liverpool now

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool lead the way in the Premier League with nine matches remaining

With several members of the Gunners squad reportedly in a 14 day isolation period after coming into contact with the Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis – who tested positive for coronavirus – it would seem highly unlikely that Arsenal will be ‘good to go’ just three days later against Brighton.

If the game is postponed, whilst disappointing, everyone will surely agree with the decision.

The game will be played eventually, but at the moment public health is a far more important issue than football.

If the game is not called-off, there’s a distinct possibility – given the developing nature of the situation – that it would be played behind closed doors. Again, public health has to be the priority.

There are enough freeview channels available for the football authorities to liaise with broadcasting chiefs, and get as many ‘behind closed doors’ games on air.

Not ideal but if it saves lives and helps get the nation get through this crisis, then it’s worth it.

Will the Premier League actually end and does it really matter? I would have no issue with Liverpool being awarded the trophy, that’s a done deal, they cannot be caught. Regarding relegation, nothing put forward will satisfy anyone.

If all professional football is suspended (and let’s all hope not) the fairest thing would be: the bottom three go down and the top three of the Championship are promoted. That is worse case scenario.

I don’t think it would come to that but if the crisis continues, I think we will see games in empty stadiums.

If those games take until June to complete, so be it. As for Euro 2020, frankly looking at the current state of the virus across Europe, I think it’s a no-brainer.

With no actual host nation and multiple nations hosting games, will the situation have improved enough for the governments – let alone the football authorities – to allow it to go ahead?

In last week’s column, as usual the crux of my article was about the Albion.

In it, I touched upon Graham Potter’s contract extension. On information received, I speculated that a clause had been triggered by an enquiry from Everton.

The club have strenuously denied this, therefore I must acknowledge that my source was misinformed.