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The Premier League could be in for a legal battle if it decides to scrap relegation for this season, according to English Football League chief Rick Parry.

With the in England since mid-March, there arequestion marks over how seasons will be completed Braden Holtby Jersey and how champions, European places, promotion and relegation will be determined.

Several teamshave shown a willingne s to finish the seasonin neutral locations, but only if the po sibility of relegation is removed.

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Norwich, Aston Villa and Bournemouth are currently in the Premier League's relegation zone, while Watford, West Ham and Brighton are all fighting to avoid the drop.

Championship clubs Leeds and West Brom were favored to get automatic promotion to the English top flight, but their po sible participation in the top Matt Niskanen Jersey division is in doubt.

Parry warned the Premier League it would be forced into the courts ifit decided to scrap promotion and relegation because of the amount of money at stake for the clubs.

"The Dmitry Orlov Jersey Premier League is aware of our position on that. Lawyers are going to get wealthy if the Premier League opted not to relegate three teams ," Parry said in front of the government's Digital, Culture, Media and Sportcommittee.

"There would be a degree of outrage from a number of clubs in the Championship and it would be a breach of the tripartite agreement."

The return of the Premier League is , with the likelihood that any season resumption will see matches played behind closed doors.

Parry explained that it was important for campaigns to be completed before some players' contracts expired at the end of July, but also Alexander Alexeyev Jersey acknowledged the financial impact of having no fans at matches.

"Our end date realistically is July 31 because of the situation with contracts. We can't go beyond July," he said.

"Players and staff have been furloughed and to expect clubs to bring them back in now, to forgo the furlough, Madison Bowey Jersey only to then find in a month they can't play would be a complete me s. We need to be taking decisions within days.

"We have a great deal of uncertainty around next season and the undetermined matter of when we'll be able to return Brooks Orpik Jersey with crowds, which for the EFL is absolutely critical.

"We're much more dependent upon the revenue and atmosphere generated by crowds than the Premier League.

"If we were starting behind closed doors it would be finely balanced economically. It's almost neutral, but for many clubs it would actually cost them to play."