Man Utd suffer Covid-19 outbreak in squad with Brentford clash under threat of being axed as Prem is ravaged
MANCHESTER UNITED HAVE been hit by a Covid outbreak that could threaten their midweek trip to Brentford.
United had positive lateral flow tests returned on a number of players and staff and the Premier League have been informed.
Tottenham had to postpone both their UEFA Conference League fixture against Rennes last week and yesterday’s trip to Brighton.
Covid ripped through the Spurs camp following their 3-0 victory over Norwich.
That lead Norwich boss Dean Smith fearing there would be cases in his own camp, but tests came back negative.
United's whole group that travelled to Norwich had tested negative beforehand.
Subsequently there were positive tests among a small number of players and staff who had to be sent home from Carrington today.
The rest trained outdoors and training had to be adjusted to individual and non-contact sessions.
United have already been hit by Covid in the past.
Dean Henderson was set to start the season in goal but tested positive and went on to suffer from long Covid.
Jesse Lingard also had to isolate in pre-season after testing positive, as did Mason Greenwood last month.
During Saturday’s 1-0 win over Norwich Victor Lindelof had to leave the pitch due to breathing difficulties, although this is not believed to be linked to Covid.
He crouched down unchallenged feeling his chest with 16 minutes of the game to go and had to leave the field.
Fears will now grow that the highly contagious Omicron variant of the virus could hit sporting fixtures as cases increase across the country.
The final two months of the 2019-20 season and virtually the whole of last season was played without any fans allowed in stadiums.
From this week supporters will need to prove they have been double jabbed or proof of a negative lateral flow test to be allowed into games with a capacity of over 4,000.
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