Drastic action is set to be taken if the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) ends the Premier League season completely, though Liverpool are reportedly set to be confirmed as champions.

MARTIN SAMUEL CHIEF SPORTS WRITER - We have got a few weeks to ourselves now, it seems. So time for a think. The self-isolation of COVID-19 is the chance to consider where the game is going.

Jurgen Klopp has opened up on his relationship with his Liverpool players, his journey from average footballer to top football manager and offered some timely life advice in a wide-ranging podcast interview.

Klopp's grand plan started reaping its rewards after the Reds became champions of Europe last summer and are now within touching distance of winning their first ever Premier League title.

Klopp has built Liverpool into arguably the most formidable side in the world, guiding them to last term's Champions League title and putting them on the brink of their first Premier League crown.

It had been the club's intention to move to the new state-of-the-art base at the beginning of July that would enable the first team and the Academy to be on one site but that plan has now put on hold.

The Liverpool manager spoke to the club's official website via video link with the country on lockdown due to the coronavirus. But the German was in good spirits and said the mood in camp was also positive.

Jurgen Klopp's men have dominated the current campaign, winning 27 of their 29 league games and are only two victories from being crowned as Premier League champions for the first time.

Former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey believes Jurgen Klopp will 'get his teeth stuck into' RB Leipzig star Timo Werner in the summer transfer window.

According to Sport, the Catalan giants have run out of patience with injury-plagued Frenchman which could lead Liverpool to make a £80m bid for him once the transfer window reopens.

Juventus have upped the ante in their pursuit of Valencia winger Ferran Torres as the Old Lady look to get a jump on Liverpool in their bid to land the 20-year-old this summer.

COMMENT: If you want to see how a decision has been received, turn to social media. Within 24 hours of Liverpool revealing they would furlough staff, the club were being ridiculed.

The Dutch centre half has transformed the Liverpool defence since arriving for £75million in the winter of 2018 and was runner-up to Lionel Messi in the Ballon d'Or last year.

The German manager is having to oversee sessions via Zoom video links, with Liverpool posting footage of how a squad of more than 20 players work together while social distancing.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain believes that experience of losing out provided Liverpool players with a 'heightened respect' for their City counterparts and that has been key in raising expectations.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp flew to Brazil to meet Rodrygo when the Real Madrid star was 16 years old, according to the player's representative Nick Arcuri.

Former Liverpool striker Ian Rush believes the current generation of Reds could be 'actually better' than the great sides of the past.

The Reds were 25 points clear of second-placed Manchester City and seemingly just a couple of weeks away from being crowned champions when football in this country was halted due to coronavirus.

High-profile managers and pundits have understandably had verbal scraps at times. Sportsmail looks at the best clashes between those in the hotseat and former players now in the punditry chair.

Kevin-Prince Boateng has named Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp as one of the best managers he has ever worked with. The pair were together at Borussia Dortmund during he 2008-09 season.

James Van Kuilenburg, who is passionate about politics, had attended the presidential campaign event in his hometown of Frederick, Maryland on Thursday.

Doing well in California is looking more and more like a pipe dream for Donald Trump's chief rival Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Trump now leads the Texan by 34 points in the Golden State.

Donald Trump announced he was running for president in June 2015 during a speech in New York City's Trump Tower (pictured). Experts said he would struggle to be taken seriously.

The long-bearded eccentric told DailyMail.com that 'I'll definitely be there for him' since Trump will likely face Hillary Clinton in November. 'I'll vote for him, no question.'

Utah senator Mike Lee isn't ready to back Donald Trump, who he said needs to show he's not an 'autocrat' or an 'authoritarian.'

Failed Republican presidential candidate Cruz sparked uproar at the conference on Wednesday when he refused to endorse Trump.

During the CNN debate Ted Cruz was chided for his awkward exchange with multiple sclerosis patient Carol Hardaway, from Maryland.

'I urge the Department of Justice to immediately investigate and prosecute this grotesque act of domestic terrorism,' Cruz said in response to the Saturday attack in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Ted Cruz has addressed his past views on bedroom etiquette that resurfaced after his Twitter account 'liked' a pornographic video. 

Diamond and Silk are in the spotlight again as Mark Zuckerberg's congressional hearing comes to a close. The pair rose to fame as right-wing YouTubers who support Donald Trump.

Senators Ted Cruz and Lamar Alexander are polling their GOP colleagues for ideas as Leader Mitch McConnell resists 'messaging' votes and President Trump dominates agenda

Senator Ted Cruz beat Jimmy Kimmel 11 to 9 in a charity basketball game held at Texas Southern University on Saturday. The loser donated $5,000 to a local Houston charity.

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is begging President Donald Trump to come campaign for him as he faces a tough contest from a rising Democratic star.

Trump said Friday that he would be campaigning for Cruz after the Republican's home state was noticeably left off the White House's list of mid-term election targets.

Cruz was holding a rally over the weekend as part of the run up to the election, when it was targeted by protesters from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

A liberal PAC targeting Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has teamed up with filmmaker Richard Linklater to slam the senator in a new ad over his preference for White Castle burgers.

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas won reelection Tuesday night, holding off a hard fought challenge from Democratic upstart Beto O'Rourke

As the Democrats won control of the House of Representatives and the Republicans held their Senate majority, Jimmy Kimmel joked that 'the big loser this year is all of our Thanksgiving dinners.'

Reznor said the GOP senator was 'bugging' to get on the band's list Wednesday. He also revealed that Cruz had been on the band's guest list a few years prior.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz tweeted about Chick-fil-A ban Friday: 'The citizens of beautiful San Antonio deserve more delicious sandwiches, and fewer rabid attacks against companies.'

Beto O'Rourke apologized to the staff of his Texas Senate campaign for being a 'giant a**hole' during the competitive, high-pressure 2018 race.  

Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke has released the details of his proposed 'war tax' intended to help veterans and discourage 'endless wars.'

Cruz was asked on CBS Face the Nation if Trump should have said China should probe the Biden and said: 'It's not the business of foreign countries to be interfering in our elections.'

Former President Barack Obama has seemingly signaled he agrees with 149 of his former African American staffers who have denounced President Donald Trump's 'racism' in an op-ed on Friday.

Iowa State Fair has a long history of photo-ops: Donald Trump arriving in a helicopter; Hillary Clinton and a cow; Barack Obama riding bumper cars with Sasha and candidates like Joe Biden politicking.

The comments came from the former president Obama earlier this year, to which Biden is alleged to have told him that he couldn't pass up a second chance to beat Donald Trump.

Donald Trump said on the eve of the annual Group of Seven summit that it would be 'appropriate' for Russia to retake its seat at the table with the world's most advanced economies.

The stark declaration came as part of a meandering discussion at the closing of a town hall meeting on the campus of Dartmouth College, which also featured mentions of school shootings.

Lindsey Graham wants Barack Obama to give congressional testimony and finally face questions on why his administration didn't inform Trump his 2016 campaign was likely being infiltrated by Russia.

'With full knowledge that her generation will bear the heaviest burden of climate change, she's unafraid to believe that progress is possible - and fight for real change,' Obama wrote of Thunberg.