Chelsea’s home match against Manchester United was reprogrammed – but the revised date is now the day before the FA Cup final.
The match at Stamford Bridge was initially to take place on Sunday May 18 at 3 p.m., but it was presented on Friday, debated at 8 p.m.
The change, announced on Thursday, comes despite a previous promise of the FA that there would be no high -level games the day before the centerpiece in Wembley.
The revised event will be broadcast live on Sky Sports, it has been confirmed.
The two clubs acted to ensure that there was no planning confrontation with the FA Cup female final between the two parties on Sunday.
Having wanted supporters to watch the match at the National Stade as well as the male match, a request for a change of date was made and accepted by the Premier League.
All the matches were scheduled for May 18, the Premier League promising not to organize matches on the day of the male final of the FA Cup on the 17th.
Brighton’s home match against Liverpool is the only other game this weekend that is not played on Sunday and was moved to Monday May 19 (8 p.m. KO).
The trip from United to Chelsea could not be moved beyond this weekend, because they could still be involved in the Europa League final in Bilbao on Wednesday, May 21.
More to follow.
