We haven't had an Aguero moment, it's done and dusted and we've had the emotional journey.". Francis, who has been with the Cherries since 2011, is one of many Premier League players who will be out of contract on 30 June. The English top flight ground to a halt on Friday following confirmation that Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Chelsea star Callum Hudson-Odoi were among the thousands worldwide who had caught the illness. An FA board member told The Times that a null-and-void season with no relegation is viewed as 'unacceptable' by the governing body. How Partey can help solve Arsenal’s creativity issue. Click to see the gallery. The latest Premier League meeting underlined the collective determination to complete the 2019/20 season, but talk of null and void won't be fully extinguished until football starts again. It is simply because the clubs do not want to lose £762million in lost broadcast revenue. (Image: Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images) With nine games to go, it is still unclear when the Premier League will be able to restart, with a projected date of early April dismissed as unrealistic by some experts. Sky Sports has allowed viewers to pause subscriptions and calculates it will lose £700m if the sporting shutdown carries on for four months. For other inquiries, Contact Us. Bournemouth captain Simon Francis is out of contract with the Cherries on 30 June. The news will affect Arsenal, Chelsea as well as Tottenham and have leaders Liverpool and a number of others top-flight clubs breathing a sigh of relief. Liverpool have won 27 out of 29 games. And fanciful claims that Floyd Mayweather is considering a Geordie buyout have also died a death. And Ronaldo deserves nothing but praise for donating £1million to hospitals in his native Portugal. West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady has called for the Premier League season to be made “null and void”. Southampton chief Martin Semmens claims football in empty stadiums would be a sign the country is returning to normal. If the Premier League is declared void and we start afresh, what would the betting markets look like? So of course they should be allowed to reclaim their money from the clubs for games which have yet to be screened. Ensuring that all clubs return to competition at the same time may not fall in line with when certain self-isolation periods have ended, meaning the integrity of the Premier League would be undermined. Wayne Rooney rightly pointed out it would be morally wrong for that to happen if it were to involve diverting ambulances and police officers from far more important duties. “No escaping the fact now, football in England is entering its most devastating period in 75 years,” she wrote for the  Sun . "There are only six points between them and West Brom and getting automatic promotion. "Will they sign short term deals, knowing that they're looking to move on? Yet that very suggestion has sent the Premier League bean counters scurrying for their brown trousers.