Premier League clubs are facing a series of complex negotiations and potential legal battles with sponsors over bonus payments and kit deals worth hundreds of millions of pounds due to the prospect of this season carrying on into the summer.
Sportsmail has been told that agreements between clubs and their kit suppliers and commercial partners do not contain clauses enabling either party to unilaterally extend or cancel.
That leaves negotiated settlements or court cases as the only way to resolve disputes if the campaign continues beyond the term of the existing contracts, as appears increasingly likely.