Majority of Leyton Orient squad tested positive this weekWest Ham’s David Sullivan unhappy at lack of Carabao Cup testsThe English
Football League is considering whether to reimplement mandatory
Coronavirus testing as it reviews its medical regulations. The majority of the Leyton Orient squad tested positive for Covid-19 this week and West Ham’s co-owner David Sullivan accused the EFL on Wednesday of not testing players for financial reasons and of potentially exposing
Premier League teams to harm in Carabao Cup games.
On Tuesday David Moyes and two of his players returned positive tests before West Ham’s Carabao Cup match against Hull, who declined West Ham’s offer to pay for a round of tests. Grant McCann, Hull’s manager, defended that decision, insisting they were following EFL guidelines and did not clarify whether players and staff would be tested before facing Northampton in League One on Saturday. “Hull, unfortunately, didn’t want to have it,” Sullivan said. “Charlton the previous week did.