Published 17:14 IST, March 16th 2020

Liverpool should not be crowned champions if season gets cancelled: Alan Shearer

Former Newcastle talisman Alan Shearer opines that Liverpool do not deserve to be crowned Premier League champions if the current season goes unfinished.

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Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool are just two wins away from winning Premier League title after a massive gap of 30 years. However, Coronavirus pandemic has invariably delayed ir celebrations as English top-flight is w suspended up until April 3, 2020. Former Blackburn and Newcastle striker Alan Shearer me an interesting claim about Liverpool's title chances should current season go unfinished, re here.

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Alan Shearer claims Liverpool should t be awarded Premier League trophy

Writing in his column for Sun, Alan Shearer was amant that Liverpool cant be awarded Premier League title if season is declared finished in coming weeks. “If, and it is a huge if, season cant be completed n re is way you can have a winner or loser. As harsh and as horrible as that would be for some clubs, ne more so than Liverpool, it is only outcome. If you cant complete fixtures n you cant go handing out titles or consider relegating anybody. For Liverpool, it would be incredibly harsh,” he continued.

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former Newcastle striker went on to d that “I cant see how it would be fair to hand m title – despite fact it is obvious body is going to catch m. y only need six points to wrap it up but y haven’t got m yet so for that reason it has to be declared null and void. It would be very different if season was suspended after y h got points to win it. But y haven’t and however horrible a scenario it would be, it’s only option.”

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17:14 IST, March 16th 2020