4 players infected with “Corona” are a condition for postponing the English Premier League matches

The Premier League said today, after a meeting of representatives of 20 clubs, that clubs cannot request a postponement of any match unless they have at least four players infected with Covid-19.

A total of 22 matches have been postponed this season due to the outbreak of Covid-19, and the lack of enough players.

Some clubs criticized the association for its handling of the crisis.

And earlier, it was possible to postpone any match, if one of the two teams could not provide 13 players and one goalkeeper, "either from the first-team squad, or from the experienced players in the under-21 team."

"Following a meeting with clubs today, the guidelines for postponing league matches due to COVID-19 have been updated to include the onset of the impact of COVID-19," the league said in a statement. "From now on, if a club requests a match to be postponed due to not having enough players, it should At least four cases have been infected within the team.” The new guidelines will be implemented starting from the Burnley-Watford match on February 5th.

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