By Cathy Elelman • Published: 27 Aug 2020 • 15:23 • <1 minute read
TWO French midfielders playing for UK Premier League sides Manchester United and Tottenham have tested positive for Covid-19, according to various press reports.
Man U’s Paul Pogba and Tottenham’s Tanguy Ndombele have now been taken off the French national team for the upcoming UEFA Nations League matches, reports say.
French squad manager allegedly revealed the news early on Thursday about Pogba’s positive test result to explain why he had left the 27-year old Manchester United player out of the line-up for matches against Sweden and Croatia on September 5 and 8 respectively.
Press also pointed out that both Pogba and Ndombele will have to self-isolate for 14 days, meaning they will miss the start of their respective clubs’ pre-season training.
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Cathy Elelman is the local writer for the Costa de Almeria edition of the Euro Weekly News.
Based in Mojacar for the last 21 years, Cathy is very much part of the local community and is always well and truly up on all the latest news and events going on in this region of Spain.
Her top goals are to do the best job she can informing the local English-speaking community, visitors to the area and the wider world about about the news in Almeria, to learn something new every day, and to embrace very new challenge this fast-changing world brings her way.
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