The House Of Cards atop English football could collapse as financial lifeboats threaten to desert Premier League clubs during the coronavirus pandemic.
That is the stark warning from experts, one of whom compared the crisis to the financial crash, when the US housing market sleepwalked into ruin because it was considered too secure to fail.
Now Premier League sides are accused of relying on TV money in the belief it would never come under threat. 'Well, guess what? Here we are,' one expert said.
Premier League chief Richard Masters has warned the division could lose £1billion due to the pandemic.