Liverpool legend John Barnes has sensationally claimed the club should not win the Premier League title if the season is incomplete.

Many are suggesting awarding the Reds the title as they are so far ahead of the competition, with 27 wins from their 29 league games this season.

But Barnes believes that if authorities cannot find a way to play the remaining games of the season, Liverpool should not be champions.

He told BonusCodeBets: "A lot of people are looking at it quite binary saying: 'Liverpool should just be given the league title' because they're 25 points ahead. But for the integrity of football it is important that the season must be finished.

"I'm not just talking about the Premier League, but also promotion and relegation from The Championship, promotion and relegation from League One and so on and so forth.

"You can't just award Liverpool the league title without promotion or relegation taking place. It's wrong.

"You have to honour the league which means that the bottom three have to go down, the top three have to come up from The Championship, bottom three go down from there and then the same with League One.

"It wouldn't make sense (to award Liverpool the title) because a team in The Championship might say, 'Well we were 15 points ahead, why aren't we getting promoted?'"