Fulham were last night in talks with the Premier League over whether their Premier League fixture with Tottenham can go ahead following a Covid-19 outbreak at the west London club.
Spurs are due to host Fulham on Wednesday evening at 6pm but a report in The Athletic detailed how “a number of people” at the club have tested positive putting the fixture in doubt.
Fulham manager Scott Parker missed Fulham’s Boxing Day clash with Southampton after he was forced to self-isolate following a member of his household testing positive but the 40-year-old insists he returned a negative result over the weekend in order to return to training on Monday.
The Premier League, Fulham and Tottenham are yet to respond to the claims.
On Monday, Manchester City’s match against Everton was postponed after five players tested positive while Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl is isolating after a positive test in his household.
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder also revealed that two players and “four or five staff” had tested positive in their camp but their fixture with Burnley still went ahead on Tuesday night.
The Premier League’s latest round of testing, across the period December 21-27 has recorded 18 positive tests – the highest figure since Project Restart in June, and there are considerations to possibly impose a short two-week “circuit breaker” in top-flight and EFL fixtures to help ease the spread of the virus.
A measure that has the backing on West Brom manager Sam Allardyce who was asked for his thoughts on Tuesday night in the wake of their 5-0 defeat to Leeds.
"Everyone's safety is more important than anything else,” he said.
"When I listen to the news the variant virus transmits quicker than the original virus [so] we can only do the right thing which is have a circuit break.
"I am 66 years old and the last thing I want to do is catch Covid. I'm very concerned for myself and football in general. If that's what needs to be done we need to do it.
"We had one positive this week and it seems to be creeping around no matter how hard we try."
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