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Norwich City player set to miss the restart of the Premier League season after testing positive for coronavirus

By Tony Winterburn • Published: 14 Jun 2020 • 10:30

Norwich player tests positive for coronavirus and will miss restart

Norwich City's Carrow Road. Credit: PA

The yet-unnamed player must now isolate for seven days before being tested again, he was one of two positive results from the 1,200 checks across the division on Thursday and Friday.

NORWICH are at home to Southampton on Friday, a member at another club, as yet unidentified, also tested positive. In total, there have now been 16 positive results across the league from 8,687 tests, the Canaries haven’t revealed who the player is, but they did confirm that he will now have to self-isolate for seven days.

A Norwich statement read:

“Norwich City can confirm that one of its players has returned a positive test result following the recent round of Covid-19 testing. In line with the Premier League’s protocols, the player will now self-isolate for a period of seven days before being tested again at a later date. The player must return a negative test result before being able to resume training.

“The club will not name the player in question and asks that his request for privacy and confidentiality are respected at this time.”

Norwich played Tottenham in a friendly on Friday but players of both sides who may have come into contact with the player will not have to self-isolate as they will not have been deemed to have been in contact for long enough, according to government advice.

The low number of positive tests in the eighth round of testing will again be seen as good news for Project Restart, which is due to get underway in four days. Aston Villa and Sheffield United is the first match on Wednesday before Manchester City take on Arsenal later the same day.