Southampton have contacted the Premier League to outline their frustrations at the late postponement of their match against Newcastle. On Friday afternoon the Premier League confirmed it had accepted Newcastle’s request to postpone Sunday’s fixture “as the club do not have the required number of players available for the match (13 outfield players and one goalkeeper)”. It is Newcastle’s second fixture in a row to be called off after Thursday’s trip to Everton was also postponed due to the number of Covid-19 cases and injuries in Eddie Howe’s squad. On Monday, Newcastle were only able to name eight substitutes, including two goalkeepers, instead of the maximum nine for their 1-1 draw against Manchester United, with the squad depleted due to injuries and Covid-19 cases. They also lost Allan Saint-Maximin, Callum Wilson and Ryan Fraser to injury against United. But Southampton are unhappy with the current lack of transparency around why games are called off and want full transparen...