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Premier League being hit by a crisis COVID-19 as it spreads Omicron. Manager Manchester City Pep Guardiola support players’ concerns about this crisis.
Last week, six of the 10 Premier League matches were postponed due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in clubs. Sky Sports reported in the last week, there were 90 confirmed cases among players and staff, which is a record in 2 years of the pandemic.
This weekend, two matches, namely Liverpool vs Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Watford were officially postponed. But Premier League had previously confirmed there was no intention to temporarily halt the competition.
Even though the urge to stop temporarily in order to break the chain of spread has emerged. Another concern is the impact on the players considering the Premier League has a busy schedule in the Christmas-New Year period.
A number of clubs that have lost players due to COVID-19 don’t have much choice in the rotation of players. So that the physical burden on the players becomes heavier.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson highlighted this and said no one really cared about the condition of the players. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has urged everyone to listen more to players’ voices and similar sentiments have been expressed Pep Guardiola.
“Only here is the only country that didn’t receive five substitutions, only three. Why? We want to protect players, so implement five substitutions. That’s much better considering the number of games, but the Premier League and the clubs said no,” he was quoted as saying. Sky Sports.
“If the players and the manager get together and go on strike or something… talk doesn’t solve anything. UEFA, FIFA, Premier League, broadcasting rights owners, business is more important than the welfare of the players. A simple example is five substitutions.”
“Tell me one argument for paying more attention to the welfare of the players besides this. When we talk about the welfare of the players, from the players, the players’ association says ‘OK we won’t be playing again until this is resolved’. Maybe we need a strike to get people to pay attention, ” added the manager from Catalonia.
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