The Premier League being suspended led to several headaches for the English top football league and one of them is which teams - if any - should be relegated. Tony Bloom, owner of Brighton and Hove Albion, believed that relegation is "unlikely" for any team this season.

"It would be very difficult to relegate somebody, particularly from the Premier League, if the season hasn't played out," said Bloom. "You may get a title winner, obviously Liverpool deserve it, you may use that criteria for European qualification, but I do not see how anyone can vote for that, certainly the percent needed for teams to get relegated."

Staying in or being promoted to the top league comes with a huge bonus of tens of millions of pounds – or in the relegation case, a huge financial loss in similar numbers. That's why the related teams in neither the Premier League nor the EFL Championship will easily compromise.

Currently the three teams in the drop zone are Norwich City (21 points), Aston Villa (25 points but played one fewer game) and Bournemouth (27 points). Watford and West Ham United also have 27 points but remain above the pit thanks to their goal difference advantage.

By the way, Brighton have 29 points and, like most of the teams, have nine games to go.

The current rankings are only one criteria to decide the teams' positions. Another option is to compare the average number of points they have won per game. However, Bloom did not think that's going to happen either.

"I don't foresee a situation, if the season's not played out, that teams will get relegated on a points-per-game basis. I just don't think it's fathomable that a team which is not allowed to play out the season may lose out on 0.2 points based on this system, and also it does not take into account the strength of the team you have not played."

The British government on Thursday extended lockdown restrictions for at least another three weeks. Before that comes due, all proposals will stay hypothetical.