Tottenham Hotspur announced on Wednesday that its UEFA Conference League match against Rennes has been postponed after eight players and five team staff tested positive for Covid-19.
“Discussions are ongoing with UEFA and we will provide further updates on the new fixtures in due course.” Tottenham said on a statement.
“In addition, following discussions with the UK Health Protection Agency and DCMS experts, the Club has been advised to close the Training Center at this time, in the interest of the health and safety of the team. players and employees.” they added.
Coach Antonio Conte earlier on Wednesday said he was quite worried about the consequences of the Covid-19 outbreak, which could put Tottenham on a chaotic schedule if many upcoming matches were postponed.
According to ESPN, Tottenham are pushing to officially postpone the match against Brighton in the Premier League on Sunday, although last week they had to postpone their away match at Burnley because of a snowstorm.
This is clearly an unexpected situation of the Lilywhites when they are starting to integrate and develop well under the new coach Conte.
The Italian coach is also the third Tottenham manager to win the first 3 home matches in the Premier League, after Ryan Mason and Harry Redknapp.
The 3-0 win over Norwich at the weekend was the 3rd win after 4 matches and brought Tottenham to 5th place in the Premier League table, only 2 points behind the top 4 despite still playing 1 less battle.
In addition, the progress is also clearly seen when under Conte, Tottenham’s defense became solid when only conceding 1 goal in the last 4 matches in the Premier League.
