manchester city shirt de bruyne junior It has, however, been claimed that efforts to this point could also be declared null and void, with those involved able to start from scratch whenever 2020-21 is cleared to get underway.

Former Liverpool striker Aldridge is stunned by those leading that call, with it his opinion that that format of future campaigns can be tinkered with in order to get the game back on track.

He told the Liverpool Echo: “Hopefully Liverpool get exactly what they deserve this season and that is the Premier League title.

“People talk about how this league season won’t get finished, but it has to. Next year’s league shouldn’t start if this one cannot finish.

“What is the point? What is the point in starting a season and scrapping it 75 per cent of the way through?

“Forget about next year’s competition. What messi kids kit has been started simply has to finish. Whether that is two, three, four months down the line, it just has to finish.