Antonio Conte
Antonio Conte has said Tottenham’s mounting fixture pile-up could be responsible for the Premier League rejecting the club’s request to postpone Thursday’s game at Leicester City and warned his players are at greater risk of injury after contracting COVID-19.
Spurs were forced to close their training ground last week after a severe outbreak as at least nine players and multiple staff members returned positive tests.
Tottenham’s UEFA Conference League match against Rennes and last weekend’s league game against Brighton were called off as a result.
Sources have told ESPN that Spurs subsequently asked for their game against Leicester to be moved to allow them space to rearrange their clash with Rennes, which UEFA are insisting needs to be played before the end of the month.
Spurs are already facing major fixture congestion given last month’s away game at Burnley was also postponed due to heavy snow and Conte told a news conference: “For me, it is very difficult to speak about this topic.
“For sure, the Premier League didn’t want to postpone the game against Leicester, maybe because we have to play against Burnley and Brighton.”