The Premier League's schedule proposal would allow the 2020-2021 campaign to begin on August 8, circumventing a financial catastrophe for clubs with mammoth wage bills.

The sporting calendar has been decimated due to the coronavirus crisis, with it recently being announced that the suspension of football throughout England has now been extended until April 30.

With the coronavirus pandemic continuing to take its toll, footballers are looking to interact with their fanbases more and more through social media. But one appears to have overshared.

EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United's commercial operation has secured a massive £173million in revenue and has bolstered the club at a time when matchday revenue has dried up.

The Reds announced the decision on Saturday, joining other Premier League sides in Newcastle, Spurs, Bournemouth and Norwich in using the government's job retention scheme.

On Saturday, the Premier League leaders joined Tottenham, Newcastle and Norwich City in putting them on furlough - although they promised to top up staff wages so they are paid their full salaries.

Rich Premier League clubs should only furlough staff as a 'last resort' and the job retention scheme was not intended for 'billionaire' owners, warned culture secretary Oliver Dowden. 

Tottenham will be on the lookout for a new right-back in the summer leaving Serge Aurier's future in doubt. Aurier courted controversy on Tuesday by breaching lockdown regulations.

MATT SPIRO IN FRANCE:Lyon's president Jean-Michel Aulas and his Marseille counterpart Jacques-Henri Eyraud have been going at each other with relish over the past few days.

Despite the French giants topping Ligue 1 and having reached the Champions League quarter finals, it is believed that the club are determined to make a change at the end of the season.

The father-of-three was subject to an unprovoked attack from away supporters which left him in a coma with serious brain injuries outside Anfield two years ago.

The 24-year-old forward on loan from Roma joined the Bundesliga side in September on a season-long deal. Schick has now revealed his intentions to move to England in the near future.

Liverpool defender Joel Matip has revealed how he unintentionally ended up spending time with Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi at his lowest ebb.

The now-United manager was hugely successful as a striker for the club, scoring crucial goals in their Treble winning season in 1999, including the winner in the Champions League final.

Raul Jimenez insists he is happy to stay at Wolves even if they fail to qualify for the Champions League next season, with the west Midlands side currently five points adrift of the top four.

Placing both the Champions League and Europa League on hold while domestic seasons are played out is one of the proposals being looked at by UEFA, Sportsmail understands.

Brescia president Massimo Cellino has hit out at his fellow Serie A chiefs who are insistant on resuming the current Serie A campaign amid the coronavirus crisis. Italy is the worst-hit country.

Marcel Garrigou-Grandchamp, a retired Lyon doctor, told Gazzetta Dello Sport 'football was an accelerator of the epidemic'. The doctor published a chart showing an explosion of cases.

Former Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna says the club would be making a huge mistake if they sold Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang this summer after hailing him as the best striker in England.

The president of the Spanish league, Javier Tebas, said he believed LaLiga could return as early as the end of May, warning that not playing out the rest of the season could mean £880m losses.

PSG defender Marquinhos has revealed that team-mate Neymar had pre-planned his controversial celebration after they advanced against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.

UEFA president said he would consider finishing the European competitions behind closed doors but will accept they might have to be cancelled if they were unable to resume by September.

The Gunners want their squad take a full wage reduction, believed to be in the region of 12.5 percent, for a 12 month period starting from this month, with the club desperate to trim their wage bill.

As reported on Thursday, some clubs are expected to push for a June 30 cut-off point at a Premier League meeting on Friday, but the Big Six want to see the season be played out in full.

If domestic leagues are not back until July or August then UEFA is considering playing the remainder of the two competitions in a condensed timeframe.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: Proposals to take the current La Liga table as final and use them to decide European places for next season has sent shockwaves through the Spanish game.

Mark Jenson is the co-founder of The Mag, now the leading independent website on all things Newcastle United. He speaks out about what it is like to support a team owned by the retail giant.

In his teen years, a professional deal at Sunderland was in the balance, but it was Henderson's well-known dedication and attitude which swung the decision in his favour.

Liverpool's dominant period of success could lead some to rest on their laurels, but Dejan Lovren is adamant that the appetite in the Melwood camp remains as ruthless as ever.

The Red Devils have not won the league since Sir Alex Ferguson left in 2013 or the Champions League since 2008. Shearer thinks he knows what it would take to get United back to winning major honours.

Loris Karius, Liverpool's forgotten goalkeeper, will officially return to Anfield on June 30 as he comes close to agreeing a severance deal with Besiktas.

ALVISE CAGNAZZO IN ITALY: Roma's plans for the next transfer window are based mainly around Arsenal's Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Manchester United's Chris Smalling. 

Marco Verratti insists that his Paris Saint-Germain team-mates are not interested in financial gain and expressed his dream of winning the Champions League.

France prime minister Edouard Philippe announced this week that 'no major sporting events can take place in the country before September' due to the coronavirus pandemic.

UEFA medical chief Professor Tim Meyer has said it is 'definitely possible' to plan for the suspended 2019-20 season to restart, a day after his counterpart warned against resuming before September.

Arsenal are among those on transfer alert after teenager Orkun Kokcu told Feyenoord he wants to leave. He still has three years left on his contract with the Dutch side.

Mauricio Pochettino tugged on Tottenham heartstrings this week when he spoke of his love for the club enduring despite his sacking in November.

France's Ligue 1 was cancelled earlier this week with Rennes officially being granted third place, meaning they will go into the qualifying round of next season's Champions League.

Giggs won plenty of silverware under Ferguson at Old Trafford including 13 Premier League titles and two Champions League wins, but it is Van Gaal who he claims has shaped his managerial style.

After 95 minutes of action which was beyond belief, Liverpool had pulled off the greatest comeback in the history of the club, and the Champions League, against Barcelona on May 7 2019.

Following Ferguson's retirement, United have endured a long slump away from England and Europe's elite but would that still have been the case if Ferguson's bold plans had come to light.

Messi was the star in the first leg tie at the Nou Camp, scoring two goals as the Catalans looked to have booked their place in the final with a convincing 3-0 victory.

The now-Rangers manager is an all-time Anfield great but left Liverpool at the end of the 2014-15 season, just months before the popular manager took the hotseat.

Morocco's King Mohammed VI built the Royal Mansour as a luxury oasis that would showcase the very best of the country's rich history and beauty

Ex-Marine and Benghazi vet Mark Geist appearing on 'Fox & Friends: Weekend,' tells host Pete Hegseth that the former Obama administration official has 'pretty much zero integrity in my book.'

The Secretary of State said the U.S. 'will no longer behave the way it did under the Obama administration'.'We will no longer appease, we will no longer tolerate,' he said.

Mark Esper would not explicitly confirm Tuesday if he would resign as Defense Department secretary if Donald Trump instructed him to carry out war crimes.

Mark Esper said Sunday that he 'didn't see' intelligence that proved Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was planning attacks on four other U.S. embassies in the Middle East.

MSNBC is reportedly in talks to sign former Fox News host Shepard Smith, who could take Chuck Todd's 5pm MTP Daily slot on the network.

Sen. Susan Collins was spotted slipping a note to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts prior to him rebuking House Democratic impeachment mangers and President Trump's legal team.