It has been reported that an agreement has been reached which will see outstanding Champions League and Europa League ties be played throughout August before the new season.

The match has since received a huge amount of scrutiny after a huge crowd of 54,000 - with 3,000 fans arriving from Madrid - were allowed to attend the match, against the advice of the WHO.

Leagues unable to finish will be advised to stage play-off games to determine key positions in the table, which would directly affect sides in the Champions League race.

After UEFA convened on Thursday to provide clarity to its 55 member nations about the 2019-20 season, leagues now have a clearer idea about how to proceed with each creating their own plans.

Former Liverpool youth team coach Michael Beale touted Trent Alexander-Arnold as the next big thing from the moment he saw him playing at centre-back for the Reds Under 14 academy side

AHEAD OF THE GAME - MATT HUGHES: Sky Sports and BT Sport will resist pressure to screen for free the 47 Premier League matches they have left this season.

Faustino Asprilla has backed Steve Bruce to stay on as Newcastle United boss after the club is taken over by a Saudi consortium, despite links to high profile managers. 

Even if Newcastle's takeover happens, spending restrictions in place at domestic level in the Premier League and at UEFA level will make it difficult for the club to spend high amounts.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Voiding the Premier League season is not an option that we should even be entertaining. The same applies to all our leagues.

Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy admitted he regrets leaving the club before they won the Champions League in 2005.

Diego Costa has admitted that he had a massage with horse placenta and electroshocks as he attempted to be fit for the Champions League final in 2014.

The midfielder has been an important part of a Foxes side that before the coronavirus outbreak were sitting third in the Premier League table and heading towards a return to the Champions League.

UEFA are facing up to the prospect of another huge Champions League headache after the Ligue 1 season was cancelled and all sporting events were banned in France until at least September.

PSG chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi said in a statement that while they respect the actions of the French government, they fully intend to feature in Europe's premier club competition.

Gary Neville was a shock appointment for the LaLiga side in December 2015, having previously worked as England assistant manager and as a pundit for Sky Sports after retiring.

Fred's personal trainer Julio Horta has given an insight into the work the midfielder has carried out to turnaround his Manchester United career - but believes the star deserves all the credit.

The Argentine will hold special status among many Spurs fans after guiding them to a first ever place in the Champions League final last year - only to fall to a 2-0 defeat against Liverpool.

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.

As Premier League officials scramble to resume the season amid the coronavirus crisis, the fate of the 2020-21 campaign appears ever more uncertain.

The decision to cancel the Ligue 1 season is threatening to cause chaos in French football, with unhappy clubs considering legal action and a financial crisis looming.

The Mexican hitman has fired 22 goals for Nuno Espirito Santo's side in all competitions, backing up his fine debut season in English football when he joined on loan from Benfica.

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.

Kevin De Bruyne remains confident that Manchester City will overturn their two-year Champions League ban but says if they don't he will have to consider his future and 'make a final decision' .

The midfielder, who will be 29 next month, admitted at the weekend that he might have to consider his future if City's two-year Champions League ban is upheld.

The Champions League came to an abrupt halt in the middle of March following the outbreak of the coronavirus and now UEFA are desperate to get the show back on the road.

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.

Taking charge of football's heavyweights heaps pressure on a referee, but Mark Clattenburg looks back fondly on his encounters with legends of the game in the Premier League and abroad.

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.

EXCLUSIVE BY ALVISE CAGNAZZO IN ITALY: Cordoba, a powerful centre-back, won 15 honours overall during a stellar career in Italy before eventually calling it a day in 2012.

Misha Nonoo, 31, and husband Mikey Hess, 33, were among the guests who watched Bumble executive Erin Foster, 37, and Simon Tikhman tie the knot in Nashville, Tennessee, this week.

Lindsay Lohan has shot down claims she was trying to flirt with Liam Hemsworth, after leaving several 'thirsty' comments on his Instagram recently.

CNN's Don Lemon and his fiance Tim Malone were spotted vacationing in Florida with their two adorable pups, Boomer and Barkley, on Saturday. The couple shared a kiss as they held their poodles.

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.

Nicholas Sandmann had been seeking $275 million in damages from CNN over their coverage of the confrontation he had with activist Nathan Phillips during a field trip to DC in Jan. 2019.

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.

Hannah Vaughan Jones, 38, from London, appeared on Lorraine today, and said that once she changed her mindset and started to believe she would have a family, it felt like a weight had lifted.

Dustin Hice (left), 39, filed suit against Don Lemon (right), 53, last August alleging that the CNN star assaulted him at a Hamptons bar. Lemon denies the allegations.

Australian mining tycoon Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest claimed bushfires ravaging the country have been mainly caused by fuel loads.

Donald Trump argued he's been 'unfairly' treated in his impeachment trial and the victim of a 'totally partisan Impeachment Hoax' as his lawyers wrapped up day one of defending him.

The daughter of an American pilot who died while fighting fires in New South Wales has paid tribute to her 'wonderful dad'.

Adam Schiff claimed that Donald Trump engages in 'organized crime speak' after the president took a hit at the Intelligence chairman for his role in the impeachment proceedings.

Donald Trump's defense team began their case for the president's acquittal on Saturday - rolling out his greatest hits but surprisingly barely mentioning Joe and Hunter Biden by name. 

Backlash from a viral panel discussion forced CNN's Don Lemon to apologize on Tuesday for appearing for 'belittle' Trump supporters. He claims 'he didn't catch everything that was said'.

'At this moment in time, this is not the purpose God has for me,' Delaney , 56, said as he dropped out. The former Congressman had spent millions of his own fortune and spent most of his time in Iowa.

The majority of Jared Kushner's interview conducted by former special counsel Robert Mueller as part of the Russia investigation was edited prior to being released on Monday.

Vice President Joe Biden has slipped off the campaign trail, scheduling no events until Friday's Democratic New Hampshire debate.

Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii appeared on Wolf Blitzer's CNN newscast, the Situation Room, on Thursday and insisted that the president was not acquitted because the trial was 'rigged.'

Presidential candidates Pete Buttiegieg as been called 'Sneaky Pete' and received backlash after his campaign appears to have added artificial applause and laughter to promotional videos