European Leagues have been licensed by UEFA to complete the current league season in order to determine which teams makes it in the Champions and Europa League next season.

The organizers of the annual club football competition also optioned clubs which cannot finish the 2019-2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic to use "a different format" if needed in order for teams to qualify for European competitions.

If league seasons cannot be finished it said national associations would need to select clubs to qualify for Europe.

UEFA said it could "refuse or evaluate" selected teams if necessary but after a video call meeting of all 55 national associations it is clear UEFA wants on-field performance to determine which clubs make up next season's Champions League and Europa League competitions despite the current shutdown of major leagues because of the coronavirus pandemic.

"UEFA urges National Associations and Leagues to explore all possible options to play all top domestic competitions giving access to UEFA club competitions to their natural conclusion," UEFA said in a statement.

"The ideal scenario, should the pandemic situation permit it, is to have the currently suspended domestic competitions completed enabling football clubs to qualify for UEFA club competitions on sporting merit in their original format.

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"Should this outcome not be possible, in particular due to calendar issues, it would be preferable that suspended domestic competitions would restart with a different format in a manner which would still facilitate clubs to qualify on sporting merit."

UEFA's announcement according to BBC has massive implications for the Premier League because it has effectively taken a null-and-void season off the table in terms of qualification for next season's European competitions if there is no resumption of the 2019-20 campaign which is good news for Liverpool. Providing the Premier League uses the same criteria for completing the season as it does for nominating teams, the Reds will be champions for the first time in 30 years - through both present position and points per game, they will be clear of second-placed Manchester City.

In fact, the top four would stay the same. Chelsea would qualify for the Champions League ahead of Manchester United and join City and Leicester in the elite competition.