adminLONDON. — Bournemouth goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has reportedly tested positive to coronavirus days after his club announced an unnamed player had contracted coronavirus.
The 22-year-old told SunSport that he was asymptomatic and had returned a negative test on May 18 before testing positive on Friday.
There were two positive tests from the latest round of Covid-19 testing among English Premier League players and staff, with the other test coming from a different club.
It follows an earlier round of testing where six people were shown to have the virus, including Watford defender Adrian Mariappa and Burnley assistant manager Ian Woan.
Ramsdale, who has become Bournemouth’s first choice goalkeeper this term, told the Sun he believed he had caught the virus at the supermarket.
“It’s definitely a shock – I’ve not been in contact with anybody and I’ve now got it,” he said.
The player, who has been capped at Under-21 level for England, has isolated at his Bournemouth home with his partner since his diagnosis.
He will need to pass another test after the seven-day quarantine period before returning to training.
The reduction in positive cases among Premier League staff, with 248 more people tested in this round, will be seen as a step forward for “Project Restart” going into yesterday’s Premier League shareholders’ meeting, where clubs are expected to discuss the protocols of moving to contact training.
It has been a particularly tough time for Watford as, along with Mariappa, two members of staff tested positive, while boss Nigel Pearson revealed on Friday that several of his players were at home in isolation after members of their family had the virus.
However, the determination to resume the season remains firm, with June 19 a mooted “staging post” for a restart. — AFP.
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