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EXCLUSIVE: EFL players told it is likely season will NOT be finished with too many coronavirus tests needed to resume action, stadiums empty until January and NO teams to go down

Players in the Championship and below have been told that chances of the current season ever being finished are fading.

With Premier League chief executives due to meet to discuss ‘Project Restart’ tomorrow, the EFL are also grappling with the problem of how best to find a way through the problems caused by the Coronavirus epidemic.

Now, after an EFL board meeting yesterday, club captains and PFA reps have been told to relay to their team-mates the very real possibility of no more football being played.

Players in the EFL have been told the likeliness of the current season finishing is fading
Players in the EFL have been told the likeliness of the current season finishing is fading
After an EFL (whose chairman is Rick Parry, pictured) meeting, the omens don't look good
After an EFL (whose chairman is Rick Parry, pictured) meeting, the omens don't look good

Sportsmail understands that players have been told in the last 24 hours that, despite plans to resume training in May, there is very little expectation at EFL level of any football being played in June.