Liverpool were just six points from winning the English Premier League for the first time in 30 years when the corona virus interrupted the football season.

At present, it is unclear whether the Premier League will be able to resume, but one who would not mind quitting the league game altogether - and thus handing the victory trophy to the superior series leader - is Manchester City's German midfielder Ilkay Gündogan.

- It would be okay for me. You have to be sporty, he says to the German TV channel ZDF according to the football site Goal.

Can lower wages

At the same time, the 29-year-old says he would also not mind going down in salary and helping to raise money to help teams in the lower English divisions survive economically.

- Of course, I would think it would be okay. Of course. The teams in the lower leagues do not have it easy, says Gündogan.

As late as Saturday, Aleksander Ceferin, president of the European Football Association Uefa, expressed his hope about the possibility of completing the European league games this summer.

"We could start again in mid-May, June or even late June," he told the Italian newspaper la Repubblica.

"Liverpool lose"

However, a highly regarded representative of a Premier League club, who wanted to remain anonymous, has said that it is unthinkable to play the season clearly because of the virus spread.

- It's a worldwide pandemic. We have to start all over again and there will be a few who lose out on it, Liverpool, absolutely. But on the whole, it doesn't matter. You have to start all over again, the person told The Athletic.

With a match more played and nine innings left, the Liverpool Premier League with 23 points lead to second and reigning champion Manchester City.