Angus Kinnear

And I think it's not just everyone will say we're a vested interest in saying that, but we actually think across the championship, the desire really is to finish what we started.

I think the longer it goes on, the more challenging it gets from a contractual perspective.

What I have been really encouraged by is the collegiate way that all of football is trying to work together to solve these issues.

And we've already had discussions with players that we have on loan and their clubs.

And we've had discussions with the EFL and ultimately with UEFA because we have some international loans and some international contracts.

situations that we need to resolve.

And we think there's a collective intent to find solutions.

And I don't think it's beyond the wit of man that if we work together, we can find those solutions and complete the season, even if it goes beyond June the 30th.

The players were wonderful in stepping forward.

It was a very easy discussion to have.

They understood that what they could do could really help the club and it could safeguard the jobs of the rest of the employees.

But you're right in the fact that it's

It doesn't solve the issue.

It defers it.

And what we need ultimately is a return to football, a return to seeing our revenue streams come back alive and then solving our commitment to pay the players back over the medium term.

It would be a very serious situation.

I mean, to have like a lot of businesses are experiencing at the moment, to have all your revenue streams dry up overnight.

The football financing market, certainly for championship clubs, also died overnight as well.

So, we don't have recourse there.

We are