A lot of reports changed quickly to say the clause was active from this summer - but I agree it makes no sense. But the flipside is they did get Ashley Barnes off us in a January window for £500k, so maybe it was the reverse of that to try and keep him to the end of his contact unless the fee...
But only postponed the first leg a week, the second leg planned this week so AFCON makes no difference. I think Klopp has a bit more confidence in his team to deliberately postpone games.
Like I keep saying, the moment the PL caved to
Media & club pressure to ‘publish’ the guidelines to call a...
Not just us - Palace / Spurs from memory. Get the games done I say - some clubs are going to have a lot of games to cram in which will lead to further injuries etc
The team we fielded was very strong though no? Embarrassed we even asked based on 4 cases, 2 of which were Locadia & Steele.
It was predictable that everyone was clamouring to know 'what is the required level to get a game called off' - the Premier League buckled and explained what the rules...