What does Friday's decision mean for football?

Chaos. The game has almost a month of fixtures and there is barely enough space in an-already congested calendar to squeeze them in before the scheduled end of the season. Finishing the campaign on time already looks impossible and the authorities are now banking on the European Championship being postponed in order to allow them to reschedule outstanding fixtures for the summer. The nightmare scenario would be failing to complete the season at all, something that would also have a knock-on effect for those whose livelihoods and wellbeing depend on football taking place regularly.

Is April 3 really realistic?

No. Officials privately accept that if the Government projections about the peak of the virus are correct, a further postponement is inevitable. Football – and all sport – may be on hold until the end of the summer.

Can we be sure that the season will end, and that Liverpool will have the chance to be crowned champions?

As Telegraph Sport exclusively revealed last month, there is nothing in the Premier League’s regulations – or those of the English Football League for that matter – governing what happens if the season is curtailed. For Liverpool to be crowned champions, talks would need to be convened to discuss the implications of that. If the authorities are looking for a precedent, the Chilean Primera Division last year did award a title after civil unrest in the country forced them to abandon the season.