As football leagues across europe continue preparations to resume the 2019/2020 season, more players have tested positive for covid-19.
La Liga announced Sunday that 5 players tested positive for coronavirus in the Santander and smart bank divisions, which are Spain’s top 2 leagues while in England, a third Brighton player also tested positive.
Authorities of both leagues have confirmed that all the players are now undergoing a 14-day isolation
La liga affirmed that the players will rejoin training when they return two consecutive negative results.
La liga started testing players for coronavirus last week as part of the protocols put in place for training to resume and elite football in spain to get going again behind closed doors in june.
However, premier league clubs would meet on monday to discuss further about resuming the season in what they describe as project restart.
Elsewhere in europe, bundesliga 2 side dynamo dresden put their entire squad and coaching staff on 2-week isolation after 2 players tested positive for coronavirus.
Three players from the portuguese top-flight side vitoria guimaraes have also tested positive for coronavirus.
(editor: terverr tyav)
