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Coronavirus: Simon Jordan urges Premier League to cancel season to avoid 'corporate manslaughter'

Former Crystal Palace owner has called for the Premier League to void the season and avoid 'corporate manslaughter' if they were to return and players tested positive for coronavirus.

Football is currently suspended due to the global COVID-19 pandemic with no fixed date for matches to resume.

But for Jordan, who owned Palace between 2000 and 2010, he believes the 'best case scenario' is to lose this season and return when the health of all involved is in no doubt due to an available vaccine.

The Premier League has been warned against a swift return to action by a former owner
Simon Jordan, who owned Crystal Palace between 2000 and 2010, feels that the Premier League risks 'corporate manslaughter' charges if a player became infected with coronavirus

Simon Jordan, who owned Crystal Palace between 2000 and 2010, feels that the Premier League risks 'corporate manslaughter' charges if a player became infected with coronavirus

'As much as I don't want to be a doomsday merchant, we have got a disease we don't have a vaccine for, while this isn't a problem in everyone's workplace, everyone isn't spitting and kicking each other as footballers do,' the 52-year-old said on talkSPORT.