RT | 18 Dec 2021
The Premier League is mired in chaos amid a rash of Covid postponements on the eve of its busiest period. But what exactly is going on in England’s top football tier?
What has been canceled and why?
With just a week to spare until the packed Christmas and New Year calendar which helps make the English top flight the most popular football league in the world, the spread of Covid and the Omicron variant in the UK is causing matches to be scrapped with rampant outbreaks at clubs including Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City.
Spurs were said to have 15 positive cases which recently caused the suspension of a UEFA Conference clash with Rennes, while a match with Leicester on Thursday had to be shelved as their manager Brendan Rodgers included positive cases in a group of 11 players out with Covid, illness or injury.
The Premier League has revealed that there were 42 recorded positive Covid tests between December 6 and 12 – a record since case numbers began to be released last year.
