RIO FERDINAND has called for the season to be null and void due to the coronavirus crisis.
English football has been suspended until April 30 but a return to action is expected to be delayed even further with the death toll in the country rising.
Old Trafford legend Rio Ferdinand wants the Premier League season to be axedCredit: PA:Press Association
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And ex-England and Manchester United defender Ferdinand says the health of the public must come before any personal gain amid talk of a season restart.
Ferdinand said: “Times like this do push it home how important sport, contact and communication is when you are isolated and alone with your immediate family.
“But we have to take into consideration football is just a game. As seriously as we all take it, the bigger picture is what is going on out in society.
“I’m sure in my own mind that if it’s not going to be an immediate fix in the next few weeks then the season needs to be voided and started again next season afresh.”
Ferdinand’s comments will frustrate clubs such as Liverpool, who are 25 points clear and just two wins away from the Premier League title, and his ex-club Leeds, who are closing in a top-flight return.
But Ferdinand told BT Sport: “A lot of people like Liverpool fans will always say, “Oh that’s because you don’t want Liverpool to win the league”.
“Listen, if my team was in that situation I would think about people’s health and the wider society rather than my own gain.
“And this is a situation where I think exactly the same no matter who’s going to go up, who’s potentially going to go down, who could have won the league and who could have finished in the Champions League positions.
“I think across the board, it’s much more clearer, black and white, and just void the season and start again afresh.
“And there are going to be people disappointed, and there are going to be people that are probably more satisfied with that.
“But whichever way you go you’re going to be disappointing people and there’s going to be people that are more happy with the situation when you do it.
“So not everyone can win in this situation and that’s just a fact.”
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