Manchester City have revealed a major Covid-19 outbreak at Etihad Stadium including head coach Pep Guardiola.
Manchester City have announced a major Covid outbreak including a positive result for head coach Pep Guardiola on Thursday.
As a consequence, the Spaniard will not be able to stay in the dugout as the Citizens meet Swindon in the FA Cup third-round fixture on Friday.
In actual fact, Guardiola tested positive on Tuesday along with assistant manager Juanma Lillo. It has been confirmed that the pair are in safe quarantine at the moment.
City released an official statement that read: “Pep Guardiola will miss tomorrow evening’s FA Cup trip to Swindon Town after testing positive for Covid-19.”
“The City manager recorded a positive test on Tuesday along with assistant Juanma Lillo. Both are now isolating, along with a number of other positive cases within the City first team bubble.”
“This brings the number of those isolating for Covid related reasons amongst the group to 21. Of that number, 14 are backroom staff and seven are first-team players.”
“Assistant coach Rodolfo Borrell will take charge of the team for the trip to Swindon.”
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