Liverpool's Champions League visit to Leipzig has been switched to a neutral venue. After lengthy talks with UEFA, the German government refused to allow any exemptions for elite athletes, to a mandate banning entry on all arrivals into the country, from areas affected by Covid-19 mutations until at least February 17.
That means the English club will be banned from entering Germany on the original date scheduled for the first leg, which is February 16.
UEFA responded by naming Buadpest’s Puskas Arena as their mandated alternative venue, but have given Leipzig dispensation to find an alternative acceptable to the governing body and the German government.
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