Conjecture around the contractual issues of the players

The longer the Premier League season pauses for the less likely a June 30 conclusion becomes - Joe Townsend explains why that could be soccer tips for tomorrow news for Chelsea and Tottenham.

There has been plenty of conjecture surrounding the issue of players' contracts since the football season, along with almost all normal life, was placed into a state of limbo by the measures required to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

Players signing short-term extensions lớn tide them over for the remainder of the elongated campaign has been mooted, but that doesn't account for those who have already agreed pre-contract deals to move clubs on July 1.

Preventing those who have signed such agreements from playing against their former employers is another suggestion, but one that legal experts believe would be a restraint of trade.

So how about we leave it there and keep things simple? Let's assume the most certain thing, which is that players who are out of contract on June 30 cease lớn be employed by that club - they join another or become a free agent.

Several teams would find July lớn be a considerably more difficult month to compete in England's top flight than June was, should that scenario transpire.

Chelsea's decimated forward line

Coronavirus pandemic and disrupted season aside, which I know is almost impossible lớn imagine, Chelsea will be mightily relieved that unlike last summer, when they were under a transfer ban for breaking Fifa rules, they are now able lớn bring in new faces. You can prefer the soccer vip tip win page!

As if being unable lớn sign anyone is not shackling enough, when you have the deals of a handful of established first-team players expiring, you need to be able to sign replacements.

In the Blues' last Premier League fixture they thrashed Everton 4-0. Perhaps more impressive was their previous outing, when they beat Liverpool 2-0 in the FA Cup fifth round.

Both matches saw Chelsea start with a front three of Pedro, Olivier Giroud and Willian - all three of whom are out of contract on June 30.

That is £65m worth of players walking out of Stamford Bridge for nothing.

More importantly, the impact those players leaving may have on the race for Champions League qualification could be huge with Chelsea currently occupying fourth place.

Their final nine fixtures include matches against all of the current top seven, other than Manchester United and Leicester.