Why the Eredivisie decision shouldn’t worry Liverpool
The decision to end the 2019/2020 Eredivisie without a winner shouldn’t worry Liverpool, and this is why.
It has sparked some confusion, and also concern. This is a European competition deciding that they wouldn’t name a champion this season. Who says the same couldn’t now happen to Liverpool in the Premier League?
A fair bit, so don’t worry too much.
There’s been some suggestion that the season has been declared void, but this is different to the language surrounding the debate that’s been going on within the English game.
It has just been stopped, and the table left where things lie. The Eredivisie hasn’t been declared null, which would mean 2019/2020 didn’t happen. It did – the Dutch football federation are even allocating European places.
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Because of the neck-and-neck nature of the title race, it was decided that there would be no team declared the winner. Ajax and Alkmaar have the same wins, draws and losses and each other with the former on top due to goal difference.
As a result of that, they’ve automatically been entered into the next Champions League – whenever that happens. Alkmaar will have to go through the qualifying rounds before entering the group stages.
If the same logic is applied to the Premier League, and based on sporting merit, Liverpool will walk away with the title. The Reds are 25 points clear of Manchester City in second. The title is in the bag.
Where the Dutch FA will encounter some resistance is their decision not to employ promotion and relegation, and this would cause serious problems for the Championship. It’s not clear that our FA would be able to copy this approach.
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Whatever happens with this, there’ll be sides that are left unhappy. From a Liverpool perspective, justice needs to be done and Jurgen Klopp’s side crowned Champions – and the Dutch ruling should be thought of as a positive on this front.