Liverpool fan Sven-Goran Eriksson: Very hard to declare Premier League null and void

Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed that he is a Liverpool fan
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David Lynch14 April 2020

Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed that his lifelong support of Liverpool means he is against the idea of the season being declared null and void due to coronavirus.

But the former England boss is adamant that the football authorities should only consider resuming the campaign when it is completely safe to do so.

Prior to the suspension of football across Europe, the Reds sat just two wins away from claiming their first league title in 30 years.

As such, they stand to suffer arguably more than any other side should the season fail to be completed - a solution touted by a number of pundits, players and managers.

Asked about that possibility on Good Morning Britain, Eriksson said: “I’m a Liverpool fan so you want me to say forget the season? Should be very, very hard.

"I guess that people dealing with these things, trying to do the best they can, it’s football, it’s the fans, but it’s a lot of money if you take the bigger clubs in the Premier League, Champions League and so on and the leagues in all the other countries.

“What’s going to happen? I don’t know but one thing must be sure, we can’t risk life trying to finish the leagues and Champions League. We can’t do that.

“I think some days ago it was the FIFA president at a press conference and he said as long as it’s a risk that one person could die playing football then we shouldn’t do it and I totally agree with that.

“If we want to start the leagues it must be secure, we can’t risk people getting sick, dying just to play football.

“Football is important, football is my life, I love it but life is more important than football.”

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Football clubs across the country are currently looking to reach a compromise with their players over wages during a period in which income has been severely impacted.

On that topic, Eriksson added: “I am helping my local club here in Sweden - a third division team, it’s not a professional team.

“They don’t get any sponsor money, they don’t have any ticket money so the club talked to the players and said, ‘what shall we do?’ and the players said they will take less money because the most important is the club in this moment.

“They did it and I think all football players should do it. If the club doesn’t get money how they can pay money? It’s common sense.”

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