Manchester United set to vote against cancelling ongoing Premier League season

Tanish Chachra | 16/03/2020
Manchester United set to vote against cancelling ongoing Premier League season

Manchester United set to vote against cancelling the ongoing Premier League season amidst the outbreak of the Coronavirus.

The worst thing for a Manchester United fan is to watch Liverpool tasting glory and the Reds winning the Premier League certainly tops the list, as all this while Manchester United fans mocked Liverpool for never winning the Premier League which started 2 decades back.

Yet, Manchester United, according to the Mirror, is opting to vote against suspending the Premier League season even though Liverpool is closest to win their maiden title since the inception of the Premier League, as they only need to win 2 of the remaining 9 games.

The Premier League are set for talks on Thursday regarding the future of the current season. A boardroom source at one club expects Premier League chairmen and chief executives to opt for the plan that suits their own agenda.

Although, Manchester United has its own agenda too in not cancelling the league season. The Red Devils are currently fifth in the Premier League, only three points behind fourth-place Chelsea.

However, after missing out on the Champions League last season, if United miss out on the Champions League for consecutive years, their current Adidas kit sponsorship is slashed dramatically by a reported 30 per cent.

The rumours of league suspension have been fuelled after West Ham’s vice-chairman, Karren Brady advocated for the suspension of the league season, which was viewed as a way to save his club from potential relegation.

West Ham currently placed 16th in the table and tied on points with 18th-placed Bournemouth who sit in the relegation zone. As of now, the league has been suspended till April 3rd.

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But under the current situation, there are no guarantees that things will improve by then and further postponement in leagues will see huge shocks in the football calendar.

Post Edited By: Tanish Chachra
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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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