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FIFA 'extend season indefinitely' allowing 2019/20 Premier League to be completed

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Wolverhampton Wanderers' Matt Doherty scores his side's first goal of the game, during the English Premier League soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers, at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, in London, Sunday, March 1, 2020. (Bradley Collyer/PA via AP)

World football's governing body will reportedly confirm that they are set to alter the dates of the summer transfer window and allow for contract extensions

FIFA will reportedly confirm that the 2019/20 season has been extended indefinitely to allow leagues to be completed across the globe once the coronavirus crisis has begun to ease.

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