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Liverpool legend John Barnes insists this Premier League campaign MUST finish 'even if it takes up until December' as he admits next season should be written off if required

John Barnes has claimed that the next football season should be axed if it means ensuring the completion of the current campaign.

Clubs up and down the country are frantically trying to find a solution to a crisis that has seen the football season suspended following the outbreak of the coronavirus.

Liverpool lead the Premier League table with just nine matches to play and are all but certain to win a top flight title for the first time in 30 years with a 25-point advantage over Manchester City.

Former Liverpool star John Barnes insists the current Premier League season must finish

However one of the options has been to void the current campaign so teams can begin preparing for the 2020-21 season but Reds legend Barnes believes it is the opposite approach that is needed to keep the integrity of the competition in tact.