Leicester Vs Tottenham postponed
Despite rejections yesterday for calls to have Leicester City’s clash with Tottenham postponed, it has now been called off amid mounting COVID-19 cases in both camps.
NEWS | Leicester vs Spurs postponed due to ongoing COVID-19 outbreak#THFC have already had their last two games delayed due to a COVID-19 outbreak.#LCFC have also been suffering from a significant outbreak.
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— The Athletic UK (@TheAthleticUK) December 16, 2021
Neither club have yet issued a statement on the matter, but both are struggling to deal with the sheer number of cases in their camps, with Tottenham having already called off their previous two games.
Yesterday, Brendan Rodgers revealed:
“We’ve still got a number of players out. We’ve got nine players out through COVID and other medical issues. In terms of COVID, we’re still where we were.”
This, as reported by 101 yesterday, includes all senior centre-backs, meaning that it would have been a much-changed Leicester facing a much-changed Tottenham side, had the game gone ahead.
Can the Premier League continue?
Amid such rampant COVID-19 cases, can the Premier League continue?
Brentford boss Thomas Frank certainly doesn’t think so. He called for a circuit breaker to be authorised by the Premier League authorities, after the Bees reported 13 cases among the first-team players and staff.
Frank claimed:
“We think that we should postpone the full round of Premier League games this weekend coming up. The COVID cases are going through the roof at every Premier League club, everyone is dealing with it. Everyone has a problem at this moment in time.”
?”We think we should postpone the full round of Premier League games this weekend. Everyone is dealing with it.”
Thomas Frank has revealed 13 players and staff have tested positive and the club and has called for all of this weekends fixture to be postponed pic.twitter.com/xIjKFKXyPM
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) December 16, 2021
It comes as cases have been reported across several of the Premier League sides, including Manchester United, Aston Villa, Arsenal, Tottenham, Watford, Brentford and Chelsea. It seems hard to ask these clubs to continue playing despite increasingly small squads and a hectic festive schedule.
However, with the TV revenue streams at risk, should they postpone more games? And can they afford to?
