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Manchester United Covid outbreak: First team operations suspended at Carrington

Manchester United Covid outbreak: First team operations suspended at Carrington

Manchester United Covid outbreak: After several Covid outbreaks in the Premier League, Manchester United become the latest team to suffer from Covid with many of the staff and players affected. After Tottenham & Aston Villa, United are the recent team to be affected by Covid. Manchester United played Norwich City in the Premier League weekend […]

Manchester United Covid outbreak: After several Covid outbreaks in the Premier League, Manchester United become the latest team to suffer from Covid with many of the staff and players affected. After Tottenham & Aston Villa, United are the recent team to be affected by Covid. Manchester United played Norwich City in the Premier League weekend match as Cristiano Ronaldo scored from the penalty spot to give his side a much-needed victory. Follow Live updates of the Premier League at InsideSport.IN

Manchester United to suspend operations at Carrington: Manchester United are in talks with the Premier League officials to postpone their game against Brentford on Tuesday. The Red Devils are forced to close their first team’s operations at Carrington after the COVID-19 outbreak at the club.

The club has also confirmed that the players and staff who were in question have now returned with positive PCR tests. Therefore the club are in talks with the Premier League regarding their match against Brentford.

A club statement read: “The club can confirm that following PCR test confirmation of yesterday’s positive LFT Covid-19 cases among the first-team staff and players, the decision has been taken to close down first team operations at the Carrington Training Complex for 24 hours, to minimise risk of any further infection.

“Individuals who tested positive are isolating per Premier League protocols.

“Given cancellation of training and disruption to the squad, and with the health of players and staff the priority, The Club is in discussion with the Premier League whether it is safe for Tuesday’s fixture against Brentford to continue, both from a covid infection and player preparation perspective.

“Team and staff travel to London will be deferred pending the result of that discussion.”

Brentford vs Manchester United in doubt? – Manchester United are scheduled to play Brentford on Tuesday but the fixture has said to been thrown into doubt after a COVID outbreak. Club sources have confirmed a small number of players and staff tested positive and were sent home before training on Sunday. The whole group who travelled to Norwich had initially tested negative but, subsequently, a small number of lateral flow tests among players and staff returned positive results.

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Those fit enough to train today trained outside at United’s Carrington training complex. The Premier League has been notified of United’s positive cases. The majority of United’s coaching staff had to isolate on the eve of the league visit of Newcastle in February and missed a number of matches.

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Which Manchester United player had been affected through Covid? – Dean Henderson contracted Covid-19 in July which affected his start to the season as he was backed to be United’s No. 1 keeper ahead of David De Gea. Paul Pogba, Alex Telles, Fernando Pellistri suffered from Covid-19 last season and Mason Greenwood was the recent player to contract the virus last month. United were set to play Brentford away on Tuesday night and it remains to be seen whether the outbreak could potentially postpone the fixture.
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Manchester United Covid outbreak: After Tottenham, Manchester United suffer from Covid outbreak after Norwich City game

Manchester United have recorded a number of positive COVID-19 cases among players and staff on Sunday morning. A number of players and staff returned positive lateral flow tests and were sent home from training.

Manchester United are set to clash with Brentford on Tuesday’s Premier League trip. United are the latest club to suffer an outbreak of COVID-19 in England. This comes after Red Devils’ Saturday’s Premier League match at Norwich. Last week, a similar outbreak affected Tottenham Hotspur FC, whose eight players of the first-team squad and five staff members tested positive for COVID-19.

After that many cases, London-based club’s away fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion which was due to be played on December 12 was then postponed following a Premier League Board meeting. Spurs match with Rennes in the Europa Conference League was also affected by this outbreak.

Manchester United Covid outbreak: After Tottenham, Manchester United suffer from Covid outbreak after Norwich City game
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