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(Reuters) – Everton are seeking a “full disclosure” on the COVID-19 outbreak at Manchester City, which resulted in the postponement of the Premier League match on Monday.
Just hours before kickoff at Goodison Park, City said they had returned several positive tests in addition to the four on Dec. 25 that included forward Gabriel Jesus and defender Kyle Walker.
The Premier League decided to postpone the match, which was scheduled to be played in front of 2,000 fans.
“While Everton will always have public safety as a priority, we will request full disclosure of all information that Manchester City provided to the Premier League so that the club can be clear about why this decision was made,” Everton said in a communicated on their website. https://www.evertonfc.com/news/1958074/club-statement-manchester-city-fixture-postponement.
Premier League rules state that a game cannot be postponed unless a team has fewer than 14 players available.
City are scheduled to visit Chelsea on January 3 and face local rivals Manchester United in the semi-final of the League Cup on January 6.
Monday’s game was the second to be moved this season after an outbreak at Newcastle United led the league to cancel its match at Aston Villa earlier this month.
Arsenal have said that defender Gabriel Magalhaes, who isolated himself after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19, also tested positive.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Edited by Peter Rutherford)
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