Failing that, they could arrange with Sky/BT to ensure that immediately following one of the international breaks, Tottenham and Chelsea are both playing on the Saturday. You could then have Spurs-Chelsea on the Monday night before Chelsea play the Champions League on Wednesday.
Chelsea would object to that. 3 day rule for Champions League. There is possiibility though that could be played before one of the 3 game International breaks, as the first of those is a friendly (e.g. England v Wales) if clubs can arrange late International call-ups
If nothing else this has exposed a glaring hole in testing. You can bet other teams are sorting out testing for their opposition later in the week. Lincoln v Liverpool etc.
Don’t even know if lower league teams are obliged to accept testing!? Why would they if they could potentially lose out on tv revenue. The hole thing is a shambles.
It is understood Aston Villa (v Bristol City), Fulham (v Sheffield Wednesday), Burnley (v Millwall), Newcastle (v Morecambe) and Manchester United (v Luton) were happy to follow EFL protocols and will not test their opposition. Brentford turned down West Brom's offer to have their squad tested.