Covid’s huge impact on the Premier League has been revealed after a Mail on Sunday audit found at least 130 first-team players have tested positive for the disease during the pandemic.
That figure equates to 25 per cent of the 527 players registered in the top flight this weekend and has been established with the Government, the Premier League and fans groups all encouraging a greater uptake of vaccines.
Only seven clubs in the division reportedly have more than half their squads double-jabbed.
Our study found that 14 of Norwich’s 27-man squad have had Covid, or 52 per cent, while the next most affected club is Manchester City, with 11 of 25 players (44 per cent) in that category.