The FA chairman Greg Clarke has told the Premier League that he does not think the domestic football season will be completed, leading to fears of huge financial repercussions for the clubs.

Clarke attended the emergency Premier League meeting in London yesterday, which concluded by suspending the Premier League, EFL, FA Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship until April 3 in response to a series of coronavirus cases across the game.

The risk to the top flight, and indeed to Uefa, of not completing the season is that it could jeopardise billions of pounds in TV money. For the Premier League alone, losses could amount to £750 million. One senior figure in broadcasting said: “The commercial reality for the Premier League and Uefa is that