{"id":3229,"date":"2021-12-20T01:43:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T06:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/20\/fpl-bosses-take-note-the-most-likely-premier-league-gameweek-to-be-postponed\/"},"modified":"2021-12-20T01:43:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T06:43:05","slug":"fpl-bosses-take-note-the-most-likely-premier-league-gameweek-to-be-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/20\/fpl-bosses-take-note-the-most-likely-premier-league-gameweek-to-be-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"FPL bosses take note: The most likely Premier League gameweek to be postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A fresh insight into the potential ramifications of the ongoing Covid-19 situation in the Premier League has been provided on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dugout-video dugout-embed-eyJrZXkiOiIiLCJwIjoiZ3JlYXRnb2FscyIsInBsIjoibWF0Y2gifQ==\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.dugout.com\/v3.1\/greatgoals.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>PL ravaged<\/h2>\n<p>To say that English football authorities have been placed on red alert across the week to date would of course be something of an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>As the campaign enters the usually hectic festive fixture list, the powers-that-be governing the Premier League landscape have been left with little choice but to postpone a rake of fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as a whole host of top-flight clubs are forced to deal with the fallout from a surge in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n<p>The likes of Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Watford, Leicester City and Brentford have all seen their plans thrown into disarray, amid enforced periods of self isolation on the part of playing and backroom staff alike.<\/p>\n<p>The situation ultimately culminated in just four of the ten scheduled Premier League fixtures being played out over the course of this weekend, resulting in table-topping Manchester City extending their advantage over the chasing pack.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1624244\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1624244\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1624244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237329992-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"FPL bosses take note: The most likely Premier League gameweek to be postponed\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237329992-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237329992-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237329992-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237329992-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237329992-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237329992-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1237329992-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1624244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND \u2013 DECEMBER 19: Ruben Dias of Manchester City scores a goal to make it 0-1 during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Manchester City at St. James Park on December 19, 2021 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Shutdown imminent?<\/h2>\n<p>And, if the latest word stemming from the media late on Sunday is anything to go by, then it appears that an even more extensive postponement process could yet be on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid confirmation that all 20 Premier League clubs intend to meet this coming Monday, to discuss the possibility of cancelling an entire gameweek over the festive period.<\/p>\n<p>Gameweek 20, as things stand, looks the most likely candidate, a move which would see planned fixtures called off on all of the 28th, 29th and 30th of December.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? EXCL: Premier League clubs will discuss at Monday\u2019s emergency meeting whether to postpone a round of festive matches due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> situation. Gameweek 20 (28\/29\/30 Dec) most likely, amid player welfare concerns. W\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamCrafton_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AdamCrafton_<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthleticUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ono3tK1Fg5\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ono3tK1Fg5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1472645503489908740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/thomas-tuchel-confirms-chelseas-latest-double-injury-blow-after-wolves\/\">Thomas Tuchel confirms Chelsea\u2019s latest double injury blow after Wolves<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/full-backs-grab-the-headlines-liverpool-player-ratings-from-win-over-tottenham\/\">Full-backs grab the headlines: Liverpool player ratings from draw with Tottenham<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 A fresh insight into the potential ramifications of the ongoing Covid-19 situation in the Premier League has been provided on Sunday evening. PL ravaged To say that English football authorities have been placed on red alert across the week to date would of course be something of an understatement. As the campaign enters the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-3229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}