The English professional game’s governing bodies have decided to indefinitely extend the 2019/20 campaign, with no talk at all at yesterday’s Premier League meeting about declaring the season null and void.

No football will be played in the English top flight, the EFL or the women’s professional competitions until April 30 at the earliest due to the coronavirus pandemic, pushing back the resumption date which was originally set for April 4.

It is understood Premier League chiefs were shown modelling of how the schedule could look based on a variety of dates for the campaign to resume, with Tuesday’s decision to postpone Euro 2020 until next year giving greater room for manoeuvre into the summer.

Crucially though, no discussion was held about declaring the season null and void, as had been previously suggested by West Ham’s vice-chairman Karren Brady in a newspaper column in the event that the season could not be restarted.

She moved to clarify those remarks in a Twitter post, saying runaway league leaders Liverpool deserved to win the title and that the Premier League was doing it all it could to get the season finished.

A joint statement from the Premier League, the EFL, the Football Association, the women’s professional game, the Professional Footballers’ Association and the League Managers Association said that the FA board had granted an indefinite extension to the campaign, with its regulations stating that in normal circumstances a season should finish no later than June 1.

It is understood no one is looking beyond June 30 to complete the season but clearly the later the season finishes, the greater the need to make adjustments to the 2020/21 season in order for that to be completed before the rescheduled Euro 2020 tournament.

World governing body FIFA has established a working group to look at temporary amendments and dispensations on player contracts, with standard deals expiring on June 30.