Jordi Alba of Barcelona has tested positive for COVID-19.© AFP
Barcelona’s Spanish international left-back Jordi Alba has tested positive for Covid-19, the club confirmed on Tuesday. “Jordi Alba has tested positive for COVID-19, preventing him from attending Tuesday afternoon’s training,” the La Liga club said in a statement. “The player is in good health and is in home isolation at home.”
LATEST NEWS | @JordiAlba has tested positive for Covid-19 and will not participate in the training today.
The player is in good health and in isolation at home. The Club has informed the relevant authorities. pic.twitter.com/Qn5frbUwrM
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) 28 Dec 2021
Alba, 32, joins Frenchman Clement Lenglet and Brazilian Dani Alves, who also tested positive this week.
Barcelona, currently seventh in La Liga, travels to Real Mallorca (15th) on Sunday.
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Several Spanish clubs have reported cases of Covid, such as Real Sociedad on Monday or Real Madrid in mid-December, but no game has yet been postponed.
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