The
Chelsea manager, unlike Jürgen Klopp, does not want to lay down the law on players getting protected
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The latest update about the number of
Premier League players who are vaccinated against Covid-19 shows that English
Football is crying out for strong leadership when it comes to getting jabs in arms.
The figures are infuriating. On Monday it was revealed that 16% of top-flight players remain unvaccinated. The vaccination journey has crawled along and even now, with Omicron forcing a raft of fixture postponements, some players are still refusing to do their civic duty. The willingness to digest misinformation about the vaccine on
Social Media remains a problem, although perhaps there will be a shift in attitudes if different rules are brought in for the unvaccinated.