Four more weekend games added to earlier call-offs
EFL reveals 25% of its players do not intend to have vaccine
The Premier League was forced on Thursday to postpone six matches because of Covid but insisted it was determined to continue with the season despite calls for a ‘firebreak’ suspension.
As cases continued to spread across football – and postponements piled up in the EFL – Brentford’s Thomas Frank said this weekend’s fixtures should be suspended to “break the chains” of infection. Organisers, meanwhile, doubled down on emergency regulations and a new focus on changing the minds of vaccine-refusing players.
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