Manchester: brentford Manager Thomas Frank has urged Premier League To take a break and postpone all sports in the coming week as the increasing number of COVID-19 cases is affecting the sport.
match against brentford Manchester United United’s training ground was postponed on Tuesday after an outbreak of positive cases closed the ground and Burnley’s home match with Watford on Wednesday was canceled after the visiting team tested positive.
“The cases of covid All Premier League clubs are going through the roof,” Frank told a news conference, where he said the club had 13 cases.
“Everyone is dealing with it and everyone has problems at the moment.
“To postpone this round (of Premier League games) and the Carabao Cup (league cup) will give everyone at least a week to clean up and do everything in the training ground, so everything is fine and we break the chain at every club,” said the Danish coach.
Brentford will play Southampton on Saturday and then take on Chelsea in the League Cup on Wednesday.
“We want to move on, but this way we can have Boxing Day, no problem with that, 100% sure,” said Frank. “We think it would make a lot of sense to do so.
“The club has been in regular touch with the Premier League for the past few days,” he added.
The policy of the Premier League is to address postponements on a case-by-case basis.
Prominent sports cardiologist Sanjay Sharma, chairman of the Football Association’s cardiac committee, has also called for increased vaccination among players, warning that the league could “crash”.
The Premier League last released data on players’ vaccination levels in mid-October saying 81% of players had received at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose, with 68% double vaccination.
“Apparently sensible football players say, ‘I don’t want to be vaccinated’. They can get sick and you’ve seen a lot of clubs get crippled and games are postponed. There’s a massive knock-on effect, ‘ he told the Daily. Match.
“So apart from the social responsibility, you’ve got the responsibility of the league. If people are getting infected left, right and centre, the Premier League will also crash,” he added.
match against brentford Manchester United United’s training ground was postponed on Tuesday after an outbreak of positive cases closed the ground and Burnley’s home match with Watford on Wednesday was canceled after the visiting team tested positive.
“The cases of covid All Premier League clubs are going through the roof,” Frank told a news conference, where he said the club had 13 cases.
“Everyone is dealing with it and everyone has problems at the moment.
“To postpone this round (of Premier League games) and the Carabao Cup (league cup) will give everyone at least a week to clean up and do everything in the training ground, so everything is fine and we break the chain at every club,” said the Danish coach.
Brentford will play Southampton on Saturday and then take on Chelsea in the League Cup on Wednesday.
“We want to move on, but this way we can have Boxing Day, no problem with that, 100% sure,” said Frank. “We think it would make a lot of sense to do so.
“The club has been in regular touch with the Premier League for the past few days,” he added.
The policy of the Premier League is to address postponements on a case-by-case basis.
Prominent sports cardiologist Sanjay Sharma, chairman of the Football Association’s cardiac committee, has also called for increased vaccination among players, warning that the league could “crash”.
The Premier League last released data on players’ vaccination levels in mid-October saying 81% of players had received at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose, with 68% double vaccination.
“Apparently sensible football players say, ‘I don’t want to be vaccinated’. They can get sick and you’ve seen a lot of clubs get crippled and games are postponed. There’s a massive knock-on effect, ‘ he told the Daily. Match.
“So apart from the social responsibility, you’ve got the responsibility of the league. If people are getting infected left, right and centre, the Premier League will also crash,” he added.
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