Tottenham fans have been left enraged after the club seemingly suggested their Boxing Day clash against Crystal Palace is going ahead as planned, amid confusion following reports of a postponement.
The north London club posted on their Twitter account at 8.30am on Sunday morning with the caption 'MATCHDAY', providing details of the 3pm kick-off and location, being the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
That's despite reports emerging on Saturday evening stating the game is set to be called off following further positive tests within the Palace squad, with neither club yet commenting on the matter.
Three Premier League games due to be played on Sunday have already been called off following Covid outbreaks, and on Saturday Football.London reported two further members of Palace's backroom staff had tested positive, following a number of confirmed cases among the playing staff days before.
With no official confirmation from either club or the Premier League, Tottenham's latest update, or lack of, has left a number of fans, both planning to attend the game and not, more confused and increasingly angry.
One fan responded to Tottenham's post to state: 'Be more clear it’s Boxing Day tell people the game is off early if so so they can spend time with their families instead of going out to do a wasted journey.'
Another wrote: 'This is clearly a scheduled tweet that the team should've been smart enough to delay. If the PL does decide to postpone this morning, it gives false hope to thousands of fans travelling in the rain today.'
One fan, clearly set to depart to the stadium shortly, wrote: 'Please tell us whether it's definitely on or definitely off before we start travelling.'
It's important to clarify that Tottenham's tweet was posted on the dot of 8.30am and could well have been a pre-scheduled update, which the club routinely do on any given matchday.
However, there was a clamor for information online on Saturday evening following the emergence of the reports, which has now spilled into Sunday morning, just a number of hours before kick-off.
A number of fans have taken aim at the Premier League, with one stating: 'Some clarity for the travelling fans given last nights news would be lovely given some will be starting their journeys soon or may already be on the way. It’s a shambles @premierleague.'
Palace boss Patrick Vieira had admitted on Friday that he was worried about the current situation, particularly how the virus would impact an already hectic Christmas schedule.
The Frenchman said: 'We hope we're going to be okay [to face Spurs] but when you're looking at the number of cases around we start to be worried.
'We had a couple of cases in our football club in the last couple of days.
'We try our best to prevent the situation but it is worrying because the evolution for the next couple of days we don't know how it will go.
'I'm not worried about the players' welfare regarding the [frequency of] games during this period because it's been like that for years and years. I'm worried about their welfare regarding Covid.
'Players coming back from the Covid situation and asking them to play with not enough training is a lot on them.'