The Football Association has declared the “priority if possible is to get the domestic league and cup season finished” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic with all European countries now prepared to run their competitions deep into the summer.

The declaration, and Uefa pushing back Euro 2020 by 12 months, will be used by the Premier League who want to seek agreement on Thursday among the 20 clubs for the season not to be declared “null and void” and that all reasonable efforts will be made to stage the remaining rounds of games.

The initial aim from Uefa remains to complete the campaigns by June 30 with FA chief executive Mark Bullingham revealing that there is unanimity that the season should be finished, rather than be declared void as some have argued. He said completing the season remained the “starting point of every scenario being mapped out” even if it means going beyond the end of June.

“Clearly, things get a lot harder post-June 30 but honestly we are in such unprecedented times that nothing is off the table right now in terms of solutions being looked at,” Bullingham said.

It may mean it is possible that games are played behind closed doors or with the fixtures re-jigged to complete the season. “Every option is being looked at,” Bullingham added. “Clearly our preference will always be to play in full stadiums for any event we have but you can't give definite answers when so much is uncertain.”

It comes with Uefa announcing that because of the virus outbreak Euro 2020 will be postponed for a year and will now start on June 11 2021 with the final at Wembley on July 11. As expected, Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin said “postponing the Euros is the only chance for the national leagues and all the club competitions to finish their competitions”.