Tottenham Hotspur’s UECL fixture in opposition to Rennes known as off on account of COVID-19
Tottenham Hotspur’s house Europa Conference League sport in opposition to Rennes on Thursday has been known as off because of the variety of coronavirus instances within the Spurs squad, the Premier League membership mentioned in a press release on Wednesday.
Coach Antonio Conte confirmed earlier that there had been 13 optimistic instances at Tottenham, eight gamers and 5 members of workers.
“We can confirm that our UEFA Europa Conference League Group G home fixture against Stade Rennais will not take place tomorrow after a number of positive COVID-19 cases at the club, the statement read,” Tottenham mentioned.
We can verify that our UEFA Europa Conference League Group G house fixture in opposition to Stade Rennais won’t happen tomorrow after quite a lot of optimistic COVID-19 instances on the Club.
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— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 8, 2021
“Discussions are ongoing with UEFA and we will present an additional replace on this fixture sooner or later.
“Additionally, the club has been advised to close the first team area of its training centre at this time, in the interests of the health and safety of players and staff.”
It was unclear whether or not different Spurs video games shall be affected.
They are scheduled to play Brighton & Hove Albion within the Premier League on Sunday, Leicester City on Dec. 16 and Liverpool on Dec. 19.
🗣 “Everyone is a bit scared, we have family, why do I have to take this risk?”
Antonio Conte on whether or not he’ll request for Tottenham’s Premier League sport in opposition to Brighton to be postponed pic.twitter.com/1rPIDnrcJ5
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) December 8, 2021
“The situation makes me very upset because the situation is serious,” Conte instructed a information convention on Wednesday.
“It’s contagious and there’s a huge an infection. Now we’re a bit scared as a result of tomorrow we don’t know what is going to occur.
“Every day, we are having more positives. This is not a good situation.”