Premier League Has Reportedly Declined Chelsea's Request Of Postpone The Match Against Wolves

The Premier League has denied Chelsea's plea to reschedule today's match against Wolves, Telegraph Sport stated.

The request, submitted by Thomas Tuchel's team, was declined by the Premier League on Sunday morning, according to the report.

This puts the European champions in a difficult situation, with Telegraph Sport reporting that Chelsea may be compelled to identify players on the bench who are out of form.

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Leicester City Football Club can confirm that Sunday’s Premier League visit to Everton has now been postponed after a meeting of the Premier League Board.

— Leicester City (@LCFC) December 16, 2021

Romelu Lukaku, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Ben Chilwell, and Timo Werner all screened positive for COVID-19 before Chelsea's match against Everton on Thursday.

The Blues are also suffering with a number of injury concerns, which has forced them to field a significantly weaker squad.

Everton, who were also plagued by injuries, managed to draw 1-1 with the London club, much to the pleasure of Liverpool and Man City fans. 

The both side's are set to kickoff at 2:00pm. at Molineaux in one of only 4 matches scheduled for this weekend that have not been suspended.

Out of 6 games, 5 were cancelled yesterday owing to COVID-19 outbreaks throughout England's top league.

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The match between Leicester and Everton, which was set for today, has also been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns with the Leicester camp.

As of now, facts on why Chelsea's plea to have the game called off has apparently been declined, whereas other teams' pleas have been accepted.

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