Jose Mourinho has called on the Premier League to show leadership and find a solution to avoid a fixture pile-up after declaring that having a third game postponed will be ‘impossible’ for Tottenham.
That prospect is a real one with Spurs’s trip to Aston Villa next week is in doubt after a coronavirus outbreak at the latter which will force them to play under-18 and under-23 players against Liverpool in the FA Cup tonight.
The north Londoners already need their home game against Fulham rearranging after that was called off last month in similar circumstances.