Half of the weekend's Premier League fixtures are off after four more games were postponed because of Covid outbreaks
A total of nine top-flight matches have been cancelled over the past week, the others being Tottenham's match against Brighton last Sunday, Brentford's game with Manchester United on Tuesday and Burnley's match against Watford on Wednesday.
United said they would also suspend training at their Carrington base for "a short period to help reduce risk of further transmission". Spurs also wanted the game postponed to use the date to play their Europa Conference League game with Rennes, which was called off last week after a Covid outbreak. "A significant number of Covid-19 cases led to their game against Brentford being called off earlier this week, and today [Thursday] additional positive tests have been confirmed."how long "football can continue on the path it's on" after revealing his Covid-hit team wanted Wednesday's game against Wolves, which they lost 1-0, to be postponed.
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