Shearer: No way can Liverpool be awarded Premier League title

Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer has weighed into the debate over whether Liverpool should be handed the Premier League title.

As things stand, the competition has suspend matches until April 4 due to the coronavirus outbreak and are looking at their options as the pandemic crisis unfolds.

One option has been to render this season ‘null and void’, meaning every match will wiped from the history books, including Liverpool’s 25-point lead at the top, which Shearer thinks is the only sensible option.

“If, and it is a huge if, the season cannot be completed then there is no way you can have a winner or loser,” Shearer wrote in The Sun.

“As harsh and as horrible as that would be for some clubs, none more so than Liverpool, it is the only outcome.

“If you cannot complete the fixtures then you cannot go handing out titles or consider relegating anybody.

“For Liverpool, it would be incredibly harsh. But I cannot see how it would be fair to hand them the title – despite the fact it is obvious nobody is going to catch them.

“They only need six points to wrap it up but they haven’t got them yet so for that reason it has to be declared null and void.

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“It would be very different if the season was suspended after they had got the points to win it. But they haven’t and however horrible a scenario it would be, it’s the only option.”