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IAN HERBERT: The REAL issue for the Premier League is its cowardly clubs' vaccine hypocrisy, which makes the competition not fit for purpose at present - if they were alive to how this failure shames football, they would act now

Given that some of the Premier League's clubs don't appear to register what an embarrassment some of their players already look, it's hard to see any bombshells emerging from another meeting of that select group.

Prepare to hear about a little more fiddling around the edges. A few extra lateral flow tests here. Some stricter match travel arrangements there. Changes in process, when the real problem is staring them in the face.

Eight months ago, these clubs were able to fill their stadiums once more because of the successful vaccination programme, tirelessly administered by NHS staff and volunteers.