Tottenham facing Christmas fixture NIGHTMARE as Covid-hit club have Rennes and Brighton fixtures both postponed

TOTTENHAM and Antonio Conte are facing a nightmare run with the Covid-hit club now seeing TWO fixtures postponed.

Tottenham had already seen Thursday night’s Europa Conference League clash against Rennes called off after a number of positive cases within the camp – before Sunday’s Premier League clash with Brighton was also axed.

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Spurs have now had three fixtures postponed with the club facing a nightmare few weeks[/caption]

It comes after their November 28 clash against Burnley was also postponed, with heavy snow in Lancashire the reason for that cancellation.

Tottenham now have three games to make up, with next Thursday’s clash at Leicester also in doubt depending on how long players have to isolate.

Under Uefa regulations, all group stage matches must be completed by December 31.

That means the club has three weeks from Friday to play the Europa Conference League fixture on a revised date.

However, Spurs already have FIVE other games scheduled between now and New Year’s Eve.

Conte and Co are scheduled to take on Leicester, Liverpool, West Ham, Crystal Palace AND Southampton before seeing in the New Year.

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And then they’re in action again on January 1 as they travel to Claudio Ranieri’s Watford.

It leaves barely any time for the game against Rennes to be rescheduled before the year is out – let alone the Premier League fixtures with Burnley and Brighton.

According to French Football News, Spurs are proposing for the game to be scheduled to next Wednesday, December 15.

But that would cause even more chaos, as it would mean the trip to Leicester scheduled for the next day would have to be rearranged.

Rennes themselves reportedly do not intend to agree on that date, with the club furious at the late cancellation of Thursday’s game.

The Premier League are hoping the game with Leicester will take place in early January, according to fooball.london.

It could either go ahead in the week commencing January 3, or the following week, depending on whether Spurs progress through to the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup.

Those ties are pencilled in for the week beginning January 10, but if Spurs crash out against West Ham they are theoretically free to take on the Clarets that week.

There is not yet any word on when the Brighton game may be played.

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