The meeting with the premier league was a waste of time according to Antonio Conte.
Manager and coach concerns about player welfare and fixture list congestion were some of the big issues heading into a meeting with the league on Thursday.
"I think that it was a meeting where we tried to speak, and some coaches tried to speak and ask about solutions," said Spurs head coach Antonio Conte.
I think that everything was decided. I don't want to go into the discussion because I think yesterday was a wall.
"I think so, I think it was a waste of time," he said. When you have a wall in front of you, you can ask and speak about what you want, but every decision was taken.
The players who were unavailable due to the Covid-19 outbreak are all back in training and ready to face Crystal Palace on Boxing Day.
The guidance over fixture postponements is published by the premier league.
The Premier League has published guidance to explain its protocols for postponing games after managers called for transparency.
When applying for a game to be postponed, clubs have been told to provide the following information.
Details of players and staff who have Covid, their vaccination status and the source of their infections.
Injury and illness have left players and staff unavailable.
The squad list includes players who are appropriate to U21 players.
The status of each unavailable player will be checked by the medical advisers of the league.
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It is not likely that players will strike over the congested fixture schedule, according to the man.
The request will be considered by the league.
The impact of Covid, infections, illness and isolation on the squad, plus the number of first-team and 'appropriately experienced' U21 players available.
If a club doesn't have 13 outfield players and a goalkeeper available, the matches will be postponed.
The number and source of Covid infections at the club, as well as the proximity to the match, are included in the status of any outbreak.
The club has the ability to prepare its players.
Medical advice about whether the health and safety of players and staff is at risk if they play the match.
Advice from the UK Health Securities Agency.
Other exceptional circumstances.
Bergwijn has a future with Spurs.
Steven Bergwijn opened the scoring against West Ham.
There is interest from Sevilla and Ajax in Steven Bergwijn, but he still has a future at Spurs.
Bergwijn is wanted by clubs in France and Germany, and they were considering an approach had he remained out of the side.
Bergwijn's performance in the Carabao Cup quarter-final win over West Ham, when he scored one goal and assisted another, has put the forward firmly into the plans of the manager.
A recent spell at Spurs in which he was able to work more closely with Bergwijn has breathed new life into his career.
Sky Sports News has been told that the Dutchman is in great shape.
The two weeks that we had many players with Covid helped me and helped Steven to understand what I want from him and what I don't want from the other, according to the coach.
We trained with only 11 or 12 players. On the other hand, it was very difficult. We used this situation to improve the players.
We were prepared to play the games. The games that were postponed should have been played by Steven.
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After the win over West Ham, Antonio Conte said it was important for Spurs to reach the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup.
We tried to improve these players when we were only 11 or 12 players.
Steven is completely involved in what I want from my players.
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