‘If that happens the PL is a disgrace’ – Simon Jordan comments as radical Leeds plan reported
talkSPORT pundit Simon Jordan has made a very strong case for the Premier League doing anything and everything in its powers to avoid cancelling the 19/20 season.
Talking on the Jim White Show on Tuesday (talkSPORT, Tuesday, 10,30am), he went as far as to say, “If that happens the Premier League is a disgrace”.
Jim White kick-started the conversation by talking about the report in the Times that claimed Leeds and other top Championship sides would launch legal action if the 19/20 season is cancelled in a Premier League meeting set for Thursday.
“We understand the top six in the Championship are ready to launch a legal battle if the Premier League cancels this season,” White said.
“Domestic football is the absolute bedrock of the sport, it’s what drives football,” Jordan said.
“It should absolutely be the preference of the governing bodies and the clubs that they finish the 19/20 season. Otherwise, you have a complete unravelling of the fabric of opportunities that Rotherham and Leeds and others have created for themselves.
“We cannot be sat here on the 19th of March and say we’re going to close the season down. You must exhaust every avenue to complete the 19/20 season. When you’ve exhausted every possibility, then and only then do you look at wrapping up the 19/20 season.”
However, on the reported legal action, Jordan said it was “claptrap”.
“It’s claptrap. On what basis?” Jordan said. “If the Premier League breaks the rules they’ll be subject to a potential challenge. But what rules are they breaking at the moment?”
Jim White asked: “So there’s no way you vote for the end of the season in that meeting?”
“Absolutely no way,” said Jordan. “If that happens the Premier League is a disgrace.”
It’s almost impossible to see a scenario where the Premier League makes any radical suggestion on Thursday.
Karren Brady said in a newspaper column that the season should be declared null and void if games couldn’t be played.
She’s been criticised heavily for that by fans of clubs with an ongoing interest in the current season.
Jordan believes everything else must be sacrificed for the domestic leagues and that’s where we stand.
You can argue that Liverpool deserve the league and that Leeds deserve promotion, but they’re not done and dusted.
There are only 9-10 games left for most clubs this season. Whenever they can be played, they should be played – hopefully in front of fans, but behind closed doors if necessary.
We don’t see anyone being able to put a timescale on things this week and neither do we envisage the season getting cancelled.
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