Tomorrow, Premier League clubs will discuss whether to postpone a full round of festive matches as the Premier League battles to keep the domestic season running amid the latest wave of the pandemic.

Athletic could reveal that Round 20 – matches on December 28, December 29 and December 30 – is the round of matches likely to be preemptively postponed. The pick of matches in Gameweek 20 is Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City against his former club Liverpool.

The matter will be part of the discussions at a meeting of Premier League club executives at 1pm on Monday.

Six Premier League matches have been canceled this weekend because a string of clubs have recorded a spike in COVID-19 cases, leaving them unable to meet matches.

Even those clubs that have been able to complete matches have in several cases been hit hard by the Omicron wave of COVID-19, with Chelsea having to name only six players on the bench and two goalkeepers among those players as their squad has been affected by the virus. .

Meanwhile, Liverpool were already without first-team players Virgil van Dijk and Fabinho due to COVID-19 before Thiago Alcantara also tested positive ahead of the game against Tottenham on Sunday night.

Premier League managers are believed to be united in their concern about meeting the usual festive slate of matches, which would normally see clubs playing three rounds of matches.