Fulham footballers will not start the Premier League match on Sunday either. Due to the spreading coronavirus infection in the London club, the league postponed the match with Burnley. Due to coronavirus, the suspension of the competition is being debated. At the same time, in London, which is hit hard by the epidemic, it solves the home Christmas party of Tottenham and West Ham players, who broke league and government rules.
During the Christmas holidays, four Tottenham and West Ham footballers violated measures against the spread of coronavirus by attending a house party. The photos on social networks showed that the Argentine-Spanish trio of Spurs Erik Lamela, Sergio Reguilón and Giovani Lo Celso celebrated together with the Argentine Manuel Lanzini from United and other people.
In London, visits to foreign households are currently banned due to the spread of coronavirus. Both clubs in the British capital condemned the behavior of their players.
“We are extremely disappointed and strongly condemn the photos showing our players and family and friends together at Christmas. The rules are clear and there are no exceptions. We will deal with the matter internally,” Tottenham said.
“Our club has the most strict rules regarding measures against covid-19, so we are disappointed with the behavior of Manuel Lanzini,” said West Ham, employer of the Czech representatives Tomas Soucek and Vladimir Coufal.
Fulham’s infections are increasing
Due to the coronavirus in the Fulham squad, Sunday’s 17th round of the English Football League will not be played in Burnley. The decision was made by the Premier League leadership after further cases of infection occurred in the London team. Fulham could no longer play on Wednesday against Tottenham.
The management of the competition announced in a statement that after Wednesday’s postponement, the players and the Fulham implementation team underwent repeated tests and today the club had to state that the infection had spread. Fulham officials asked for the match to be postponed, and the Premier League complied after consulting with the health authorities.
“The council has decided to postpone the match due to the extraordinary circumstances of the current development of the epidemic in the club,” the league management said. Players and other staff will be tested further, and the league management and Fulham will work together to find a solution so that the London team can continue the competition safely.
The team duel from the bottom of the table is the fourth game since the beginning of December, which had to be postponed due to covid-19. Newcastle – Aston Villa and Manchester City – Everton were also not played. Due to five infected players from the Manchester team, questions also appeared over Sunday’s match between City and Chelsea, which for a change informed about the occurrence of coronavirus in the implementation team, but the duel remains on the program for the time being.
The Premier League also said that due to the overall low number of coronavirus cases in the vast majority of clubs, it is not currently considering suspending competition.
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