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Premier League clubs threaten EFL ultimatum

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Premier League clubs will threaten to pull out of the Carabao Cup unless EFL players agree to be tested for coronavirus the Sun has revealed.

West Ham co-owner David Sullivan yesterday accused the EFL of not testing their players due to the financial implications potentially exposing Premier League teams to infection.

The tabloid says top clubs are demanding all EFL clubs left in the competition go through Covid-19 testing before playing next week’s fourth-round ties.

David Sullivan criticised the EFL for not forcing their members to test their players questioning ‘Medically, Why are we in a competition where we are playing teams who have not been checked?’

He said Hull City turned down the option of testing at West Ham’s expense although Charlton the previous week had taken up the offer moaning the club have a fifty grand cost to pay the next leg away at Everton.

Leyton Orient announced that eighteen of their squad had tested positive which led to the postponement of the cup tie against Spurs

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