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Liverpool should be given the opportunity to win first title in 30 years – according to the manager of a former Premier League-winning club.

The Reds currently stand 25 points clear at the summit and require just two wins from their remaining nine games to clinch the championship after the best campaign to date in the history of Europe’s leading five leagues.

Premier League clubs will meet on Thursday to discuss their options with elite football in England currently suspended due to fears over the spread of coronavirus.

And Tony Mowbray, current boss of Championship side Blackburn Rovers who won the Premier League crown in 1995, believes it would be unfair on Liverpool and a number of other clubs if the season is cancelled.

“I think everybody would like to finish the current campaign,” Mowbray told the Blackburn Rovers website.

“It doesn’t even bear thinking about really of finishing a season without finishing the season, if that makes sense.

“If you were a Leeds United player, member of staff or supporter, or West Bromwich Albion, or even Norwich City or Liverpool, it doesn’t bear thinking about.

“I think we have to get the season finished. I don’t know how long – I heard experts say that this virus might peak in early June. And then we might have to finish the last nine games in a six-week period.

“In the middle of July, are we still playing football? I’m not sure. And I’m thankful I don’t have to make those decisions. Some countries have curtailed their season now, but I’m not sure that’s right.

“If you’re sitting top of a table, ready for promotion, and it gets pulled away from you, that’s a really, really difficult thing.

“Liverpool have waited 30 years to win a league title, so it’s really not worth thinking about in my opinion. You have to find a way to play the games.”