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A total of 12 matches have now been called off in the past two weeks as...

According to the Daily Mail, clubs were told at a meeting on Monday that no postponements would be permitted if 13 outfield players and one goalkeeper from their 25-man squad list were available.

“There’s certainly a constant paranoia. The testing process has gone on every day and the PCR tests are twice a week. Even now we are playing in 24 hours, I have a team I want to play but it could change,” said Gerrard.

Five of the 10 Premier League matches scheduled for the weekend have now been scratched from the schedule.

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United’s fixture in west London was the second Premier League game to fall to the virus in three days, after Tottenham Hotspur’s match at Brighton on Sunday was called off.

Arsenal now have less than 72 hours to recover before Saturday lunchtime’s trip to Aston Villa, and they will be forced to navigate the same period of rest between fixtures against Chelsea and Manchester United next month.

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“Liverpool have one of the best XIs but I’m not sure, one or two things could go wrong like it did last season with Van Dijk or if Salah got injured, I think they’re a little bit exposed to that. I think Chelsea’s side is really strong, we’ve seen without two or three centre-halves they can perform. I’m saying City but I do think Chelsea could go close if not win it.”

Currently, there is only one tournament, the Asia Trophy, which is officially sanctioned by the Premier League, and it is likely that more of these types of competitions will be set up in different countries in the future.