Patrick Vieira is hopeful Crystal Palace will have the ability to play Sunday’s fixture at Tottenham, however revealed they’ve skilled “a few circumstances” of coronavirus on the membership.
The Eagles haven’t performed for 10 days after final weekend’s match at Watford was postponed because of the opposition coping with a Covid-19 outbreak of their squad.
Most Premier League golf equipment have skilled Covid points in latest weeks however Palace had managed to keep away from such a scenario to this point though the 45-year-old was non-committal on who at Selhurst Park has contracted the virus.
He mentioned: “We hope we’re going to be OK however when you’re wanting on the variety of circumstances round (the nation), we begin to be apprehensive.
“We had a few circumstances in our soccer membership within the final couple of days. We attempt our greatest to stop and keep away from a scenario however it’s worrying as a result of we don’t know the way the following couple of days will go.”
Palace had been already with out James McArthur (hamstring) and Nathan Ferguson, who’s working his method again from a long-term harm, for the journey to Spurs.
Any Covid-19 circumstances within the squad would additional hit Vieira’s preparation for a interval the place the Eagles tackle Tottenham on Sunday earlier than they host Norwich two days later whereas West Ham are set to go to on New Yr’s Day.
The previous Arsenal captain loved the busy spell over Christmas throughout as a participant however is aware of the pandemic solely exacerbates the scenario.
“It’s a busy interval however it’s the festive interval and that is a part of the nation,” Vieira added.
“I used to like enjoying throughout this era and we knew it will be a problem, so we needed to put together ourselves the easiest way.
“Clearly with the Covid scenario, it makes issues tougher and tougher.”
Managers from the 20 top-flight golf equipment held a digital assembly with the Premier League on Thursday with the congested fixture record and the calls for on gamers among the subjects set to be on the agenda.
Tottenham boss Antonio Conte described the web chat as a waste of time and his opposition quantity agreed.
Vieira admitted: “When you’ve gotten a gathering like that with 20 managers, it’s all the time troublesome to place your concepts or what you actually assume throughout.
“When the assembly completed, you attempt to perceive what was the result of the assembly and what was the assembly for? I nonetheless didn’t perceive what was the conclusion from that assembly.”
Though there is no such thing as a suggestion Palace have requested for the Boxing Day conflict at Spurs to be off, Vieira feels there’s confusion over the necessities wanted for a recreation to be postponed.
He mentioned: “It’s nearly attempting to essentially perceive the steering or the principles about why we play or why we don’t play, or why this workforce performs and never this workforce?
“We have to perceive extra why these video games have been cancelled.
“Sure, we perceive the Covid scenario and a few golf equipment have been hit by the Covid scenario, plus accidents, however I feel each scenario in each membership is totally different.
“I feel there’s not a transparent steering or guidelines about why these video games have been cancelled and we might have extra details about what’s going on.”
Kaynak: briturkish.com
