Chelsea received a rejection from the Premier League of their official request for Saturday’s game against Wolves.
Thomas Tuchel’s Wolves will face Thomas Tuchel at Molineux, at 2pm. This is one of four matches out of ten this weekend.
The Telegraph reports that the rejection was received on Sunday morning just hours before kickoff.
Chelsea requested that the Premier League postpone their Wolves match. This was apparently rejected by them
Manchester United v Brighton and Aston Villa V Burnley are all scheduled.
Current outbreaks of the Omicron coronavirus are spreading through English and division football. Many clubs have been forced to shut down their training facilities due to this virus.
Bruno Lage, Wolves’ manager, revealed this week that all Wolves players want to receive the Covid-19 booster vaccine. This makes them the second most-vaccinated team in the league after Leeds.
After testing negative for Covid, Forward Kai Havertz (center) may be able to return to the Blues squad
However, the match will go ahead regardless of Chelsea’s problems. Tuchel could now be required to place unfit players on his substitutes bench in order to replenish his squad.
In their final match, against Everton the German could only name eight reserve players, including two goalkeepers, and they were unable to do so for the last game.
Ben Chilwell was absent, Mateo Kovacic and Callum Hudson Odoi were out, as well as Timo Werner, Romelu Lukaku, and Tuchel could have to look to academy players to take their place on the bench.
Tuchel, the Blues manager, acknowledged that it was complicated to decide whether to postpone or play games.
Tuchel said before the match: ‘No more positive results at the moment. Yes, the lottery will resume tomorrow. At the moment, Kai (Havertz), has more than one negative outcome. He’s now back in training. We will see.
I can see that Chelsea has four positive Covid testing in the past 10 days. It’s a more favorable time than it is to face them.
“While some games can be postponed, others continue to play you could end up in a situation that you find unfair or make you question your integrity. That is understandable, but it’s important to remember the larger picture. Both points are important to me.