Premier League clubs have joined forces together to call for the season to be finished by June 30.
Mirror Sport understands that at least nine clubs have had serious discussions among themselves and will come together to present their case at the next league summit on Friday.
They want the campaign curtailed if they cannot squeeze in the remaining games – most clubs have nine left while four have ten – rather than risk the “huge uncertainty and utter chaos” of allowing it to drag on for months beyond the summer.
Their proposal is to find a formula to finish the season as they know voiding the campaign is off the table and this way would allow Liverpool to be crowned champions and still settle the Champions League and relegation places.
The concerns surround the uncertainty of player contracts expiring on June 30 with many clubs also facing the end of big commercial sponsorship deals on that date.
FIFA have been discussing ways round the huge contract issue for players who become free agents but clubs fear it would not stand up to a legal challenge with June 30 written in stone.
They also believe that could seriously affect the whole integrity of the League if clubs suddenly lose key players with up to 80 top flight stars believed to be out of contract this summer.
The clubs do not want to be seen as making demands but insist it is time for a serious debate to start to allow them to plan with some degree of certainty for next season and this way could allow football to kick off again in August or September.
Premier League bosses have made it clear they want to play out the rest of the season and, while they have draft plans to restart with games behind closed doors in June, there is a fear it will just get pushed further back and add to the chaos.
Clubs are currently in limbo, cannot make any plans as they could all stand to lose up to £750m worth of TV revenue and still have no idea when football will restart.
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