Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for coronavirus and the entire Arsenal squad is expected to self isolate, the Premier League club has confirmed.
The club’s training ground at Colney in London has been closed as a result of the diagnosis.
”Arsenal personnel who had recent close contact with Mikel will now self isolate in line with new government health guidelines,” Read a club statement.
”We expect this to be a significant number of people from Colney, including the full first team squad and coaching staff, as well as a small number of people from our Hale End Academy which we have temporarily closed as a precaution.
”We expect those who did not have close close contact with Mikel to return to work in the coming days . In the meantime our Colney and Hale End training centres will undergo a deep clean and our other club sites are operating as normal.”
Arteta said: ”This is really disappointing but I took the test after feeling poorly. I will be at work as soon as I am allowed.”
Arsenal’s Premier League game against Brighton and Hove Albion that was scheduled for Saturday has been postponed.
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