Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) deputy chief executive Bobby Barnes says Premier League players are prepared to play behind closed doors.

Matches remain suspended until April 30, due to the coronavirus pandemic, with clubs desperate to complete the 2019/20 season.

And the only way that might happen is if games are played with zero fans, according to Barnes.

"I think it's more a case of there being no alternative. Players are realistic," Barnes told The Athletic.

"In an ideal world, we would be playing in front of crowds.

"But we're not in an ideal world and certainly, the players I've spoken to accept that if that is what it's going to be, that's what it will have to be."

He continued: "I've been speaking to players — including two or three very high-profile Premier League players more or less on a daily basis — and the conversations I had with them at the outset were based around not wanting to play behind closed doors if at all possible," Barnes explained.

"I said to them, 'Look, none of us, in an ideal world, want to play in front of empty stadiums. Football is about fans.'

"But the reality is that for the vast majority of the players, particularly at the highest level, their income is funded by television money and there are contracts that have to be adhered to.

"In order for us (the PFA) to be able to protect those players in terms of securing their salaries… if that's the only offer we have on the table to complete the season, then that is what it will be."