Strong! Exposed that many teams proposed a suspension in the Premier League to avoid the epidemic, the Premier League official statement did not consider the suspension

In the early morning of December 17, the Premier League officially announced that due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, many games have been postponed, and only 5 league games have continued this weekend, with a total of 42 new positive cases in 20 clubs last week. According to ESPN, in response to the growing COVID-19 pandemic, a number of clubs are actively pushing for a Premier League shutdown. Subsequently, the official Premier League issued a statement saying: "Although some clubs are currently experiencing the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the Premier League intends to continue the current match arrangements under safe conditions. ”

Due to the increasing number of positive cases of COVID-19 in clubs, the Premier League executives have now received some proposals to suspend the Premier League until 8 and 9 January next year, the third match day of the FA Cup. However, premier league officials then said that they would not consider the suspension, but would assess the look of the clubs postponing the match one by one.