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Leeds are set to become the first club to begin offering their players Covid-19 booster jabs as a result of the success of their initial vaccination drive last summer.
The vast majority of Marcelo Bielsa’s first-team squad are now eligible for boosters after the Government and the NHS updated their booking system to permit third jabs for those who received their second more than three months ago.
The club’s medical department are planning a meeting to discuss logistics with the players next week. Premier League contemporaries Wolves and Brentford expect to begin offering boosters to their players early in the new year.
The majority of Marcelo Bielsa's side are eligible to receive their booster jabs
Marcelo Bielsa's side won't have to wait as as long as other clubs who have players still yet to have their second jab
But many clubs will have to wait far longer, as some of them have significant numbers who have yet to have their second jab.
The Premier League have reacted to the emergence of the more transmissible Omicron variant by asking clubs to pause the recently proposed relaxation of social distancing measures at their stadiums and training grounds.
The message from the executive being that they should proceed with caution.
SPURS DIRECTOR WAS QUESTIONED BY JUVENTUS CHAIRMAN
Fabio Paratici’s extensive use of certain agents was questioned by chairman Andrea Agnelli towards the end of his 11 years at Juventus.
Recent transfer dealings of Paratici are being investigated by the Italian police amid allegations of corruption, but it is likely to be an issue for him at Tottenham.
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