‘We are EXTREMELY surprised’ – Fuming Tottenham release angry statement after Arsenal match suspended by Premier League

TOTTENHAM have slammed the Premier League's decision to postpone their North London derby clash against Arsenal on Sunday.

The Gunners appealed for the match to be called off with Mikel Arteta's side potentially missing up to 13 senior players - although only ONE was due to Covid-19.

Attacking midfielder Martin Odegaard is currently out after contracting the virus.

The rest of Arsenal's absentees are due to injuries, suspensions and the Africa Cup of Nations.

Although reports have since suggested that the Gunners have registerered another positive test AFTER the game was already called off.

Spurs were left furious by the decision to scrap the clash and posted an angry statement linking back to the league's own rules.

It read: "We are extremely surprised that this application has been approved.

"We ourselves were disqualified from the European Conference League after a significant number of COVID cases meant we needed to reschedule a fixture and our application to move our Leicester fixture was not approved - only for it to be subsequently postponed when Leicester applied.

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"The original intention of the guidance -  - was to deal with player availability directly affected by COVID cases, resulting in depleted squads that when taken together with injuries would result in the club being unable to field a team.