Brentford boss Thomas Frank has demanded for this weekend’s round of Premier league fixtures to be postponed after his side became the latest top-flight club to been hit by a major Covid outbreak.
Frank was in the middle of his Thursday morning press conference when the club’s co-director of football, Phil Giles, rang him to confirm that the club have recorded 13 positive cases.
Frank was informed of four more Covid cases overnight – bringing the current total involving players and staff at the club to 13 – after initially telling reporters the total was at nine.
Frank saw his side’s clash with Manchester United go under on Tuesday as the country deals with the Omicron variant, with Burnley’s match with Watford on Wednesday becoming the third Premier League fixture in a week to be called off.
And now the Dane is calling for drastic measures and would like to see a break in play to help manage the situation across the league.
Brentford manager Thomas Frank has called for this weekend’s Premier League games to be postponed after they became the latest top-flight side to suffer a Covid outbreak
‘We think we should postpone the full round of Premier League games this weekend,’ he said on Thursday morning.
‘Covid cases are going through the roof at all Premier League clubs, everyone is dealing with it and having problems.
‘To postpone this round and also the Carabao Cup round would give everyone a week at least, or four or five days to clean and do everything at the training ground so everything is clean and you break the chain.
‘Also in football, you need close contact. Physios need to do their job with players in…
Source : dailymail
