Celtic icon Massimo Donati has insisted it wouldn’t be right if they were to end the season now amid the Coronavirus outbreak.
Like the rest of Europe’s leagues, the Scottish Premiership is currently on lockdown as countries across the continent attempt to stem the tide of the COVID-19 epidemic.
It has been mooted in some corners that finishing the leagues may not be possible, with it currently uncertain when life will return to normal.
Finishing the league now would mean handing the title to Neil Lennon’s Celtic, who are 13 points clear at the top at present, while Heart of Midlothian would suffer relegation.
That is seen as unfair by some; given Rangers can still catch their rivals at the top and 12th placed Hearts are only four points behind Hamilton Academical in 11th.
Donati agrees, saying it would not be ‘nice’ to see such a thing happen, but there are more important things to consider at present.
“Leaving everything in suspense and ending it here doesn’t seem nice,” he told L’Arena.
“Certainly the important things in life now have become different. The common good first of all.”
Donati may now be a Scottish citizen after arriving at Celtic in 2007 and enjoying further spells at the likes Hamilton and St Mirren before becoming a coach at Kilmarnock, but he has not forgotten his Italian roots.
Italy has been one of the countries hit worst by COVID-19, with their deaths surpassing those in China and the nation struggling to cope under increasing pressure on its health services.
Donati has been forced to watch from afar but admits his worries, mainly as his parents still live in the country.
“I think of the deserted Via Mazzini as well as the little restaurants in the centre where I loved to go in the evening,” he added.
“To a beautiful city, to fantastic fans. May it all end quickly, even if no one knows how long it will take yet.
“It’s difficult to have the exact size of what’s happening at a distance, but it’s clear that the concern is there.”
