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Premier League bound for Perth? Australian city offers to host rest of season

In the uncertainty that has gripped football since the outbreak of coronavirus it seems that almost nothing is impossible - including packing up the entire Premier League and sending the top flight to the other side of the world.

Professional sporting activity in the United Kingdom has been halted since March, and with the country remaining in lockdown no firm date has been set to play out the remaining fixtures in 2019-20.

Australia, meanwhile, has of yet escaped the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic, reporting fewer than 7,000 cases and 100 deaths to the UK's 184,000 and 28,000 respectively.