Leicester City game against Spurs has been called off due to covid outbreak.
Leicester game against Tottenham Hotspurs has been called off due to corona virus outbreak among players and staff of the Foxes team.
The game was postponed after Leicester City made a second request to the Premier League to be cancelled after confirming more covid cases on Thursday morning.
Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers stated on Wednesday that it was “disappointing” that the Premier League had rejected an initial request from the Foxes for the fixture to be postponed.
“Leicester City can confirm that the Premier League Board has decided to postpone Thursday night’s fixture against Tottenham Hotspur,” a club statement said.
“The decision was taken with guidance from medical advisors after the Club resubmitted its application for postponement after confirmation this morning (Thursday) of further positive tests for Covid-19 within the first team squad. As a result, the club has an insufficient number of First Team players available to fulfil the match.”
Leicester made it known that first team operations at their training ground would be shut down for 48 hours, in the aim of acting as a “circuit breaker” to reduce the possibility of further cases.
The match becomes Tottenham’s third consecutive postponement, after a coronavirus outbreak of their own saw their match against Rennes in the Europa Conference League and last weekend’s Premier League game against Brighton called off.
Manchester United’s trip to Brentford on Tuesday and Watford’s visit to Burnley are the other Premier League games that have so far been called off this week.
The Premier League board statement read: “The Premier League Board has postponed Leicester City’s match against Tottenham Hotspur tonight due to an increase in positive COVID-19 cases within Leicester’s squad today.
“In light of the new information, Leicester applied this morning for the fixture to be called off due to an ongoing outbreak within the squad, which has resulted in more players and staff testing positive for Covid-19 today.
“This has left the club with an insufficient number of players available to fulfil the match.”
