Premier League told to make Tottenham vs Liverpool call amid Covid postponements

Six of this weekend's Premier League games have been postponed due to Covid outbreaks in teams, and ex-Tottenham defender Ramon Vega has called for those of higher power to be more mindful of travelling fans.

Several games over the past seven days have been cancelled just a few hours before kick-off and many feel that such short notice bears no consideration to those attending the matches.

On Wednesday, Burnley were set to host Watford but the match was postponed at 5pm despite the game being scheduled to start two-and-a-half hours later, meaning those travelling up from Vicarage Road were almost at Turf Moor.

And Vega has taken to Twitter to call for the Premier League to give notice to those planning on travelling to North London for the game between Spurs and Liverpool.

In a tweet on Saturday evening, the former Switzerland international wrote: "Please don't do a last-minute cancellation for tomorrow's game!

"It's not fair on all the fans travelling or planning to go tomorrow. Spurs, Liverpool, Premier League have some consideration! Thank you."

Most have been sceptical about whether the clash will go ahead this weekend considering that Spurs' last three games, against Rennes, Brighton and Leicester City, have all been postponed/cancelled due to a large number of players and staff contracting Covid.

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Brentford, Aston Villa, Watford and Manchester United are also amongst a whole host of clubs trying to deal with those ruled out due to the virus.

The outbreaks both within football and also the increasing rates in England has led to the Premier League making it compulsory for fans attending matches to show a vaccine passport or a negative lateral flow test or PCR before they enter a stadium.

But it isn't just fans who are now having major rule change, as some clubs are beginning to implement transfer policies which mean that they will only sign players who have been vaccinated.

Reds boss Jurgen Klopp spoke of the matter, he said: "I think it (being vaccinated) will be influential, definitely, in who clubs sign.

"If a player is not vaccinated at all, he is a constant threat for all of us.

"He doesn't want to be a threat, it's not that he thinks 'I don't care about the others' but he is."

The former Borussia Dortmund boss then went on to explain why signing unvaccinated players is an unnecessary complication for the club.

"From an organisational point of view, it gets really messy,' he said.

"We'd have to find different scenarios. He has to change in a different dressing room, he has to eat in a different dining room, he has to sit in a different bus, he has to drive in a different car. If you really want to follow the protocols, it is incredibly difficult to do.

"'If we have to travel to a country to play international football and we come back, he has to get self-isolated, all these kind of things. Of course, it is going to be influential [in signing].

"We have to do all these kind of things, like building extra buildings for unvaccinated players and it will not happen. Hopefully, it will not be necessary in the future."

It remains to be seen whether the game between Spurs and the Reds goes ahead on Sunday, and if so, what teams both managers are able to field considering both squads are expected to have key players self-isolating.