Manchester United on alert for positive cases of coronavirus among players and other workers

Manchester United has closed the first team facilities for 24 hours due to the coronavirus outbreak in the team and is in talks with the Premier League to postpone Tuesday’s game against Brentford for matchday 17.

A small group of players and club workers have tested positive this weekend after the Norwich City game, and non-contact training was held yesterday among those who tested negative.

This Monday, Manchester United confirmed that they have made the decision to close the facilities of the first team in the sports city of Carrington for 24 hours to minimize the risk of any type of contagion.

“Due to the cancellation of training, the impact this has on the squad and the priority of the health of workers and players, the club is talking to the Premier League about whether it is safe to go ahead with the game against Brentford”United said in a statement.

This would be the second Premier League match to be postponed this season due to covid, after the Brighton & Hove Albion-Tottenham Hotspur could not be played this weekend due to an outbreak of infected in the ‘Spurs’.

The rival in Champions League

This Monday, from Nyon in Switzerland, the draw for the knockout stages of the Champions League took place. There were two ceremonies: the first was canceled due to technical errors, according to UEFA. The second, hours later, defined the rival of the English club in the commitments that will go in February (first leg) and March (return).

Thus, Atlético de Madrid has gone from having to face the powerful Bayern Munich to doing it with Manchester United. Cristiano Ronaldo, who gave Wanda Metropolitano his last disappointment as a Juventus player, will go with the ‘red’ shirt, to whose club he has returned ready to return him to the first stage.

From the start, it seems like a more affordable confrontation, although it seems that since the arrival of German coach Ralf Rangnick as a replacement for Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, this United has been something different from the start of the season, although this did not prevent him from finishing first in the group ahead of Villarreal.