The former Manchester City defender believes English football authorities need to be more open about their decisions
The Premier League needs to provide more clarity on why games will be postponed due to Covid-19 and set parameters to delay it in the future, said Danny Mills, a former Manchester City defender.
City’s Premier League trip to Everton on Monday was called off just over four hours before the match was about to start due to a coronavirus uprising among the Citizens squad.
City say the decision was made on medical advice in conjunction with the Premier League and Everton after the latest qualifying round returned a number of positive cases.
Gabriel Jesus, Kyle Walker and two other employees had previously been positive for Covid-19, but City’s campaign with Newcastle United on Saturday was still ongoing.
The Toffees released a statement about themselves stating that they had only been told of the decision to postpone the game once it was done and wanted a “full disclosure” of all the information provided by Manchester City. into the Premier League.
It will be the second Premier League game to be postponed due to coronavirus this season, following the cancellation of Newcastle ‘s game against Aston Villa in early December following a revolt at the training ground. Magpies.
Mills expects more games to be postponed with the rise in cases across the country, but says authorities should provide a clear rationale for each case.
He said Sky Sports: “I think the question at what stage do we start to deactivate games is, what are the protocols? Is it four players out? Is it five? Is it six? Are they backroom staff?
“I think what we need, and never have in the case of Newcastle, is some publicity and we need to come out in the Premier League and say why the game was set. off.
“I think Everton are a little confused and say that the game has been postponed for so long. They haven’t been given too many reasons because of that and I think that’s what he needs. The Premier League just has to come and say ‘look, the game was postponed because of x, y, z, whatever.
“Even if they have to take it on a case-by-case basis when this happens [again] because it is going to happen as we move forward and this virus moves and starts changing and all sorts of things.
“People just want to know what the parameters are and when games are likely to be canceled. ”