(Reuters) – Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembele, Samuel Umtiti and Gavi are set to overlook Sunday’s journey to Real Mallorca after testing positive for COVID-19, the LaLiga membership mentioned on Wednesday.
The Catalans have been hit by quite a few instances of their squad, with Clement Lenglet, Dani Alves, Jordi Alba and Alejandro Balde additionally returning positive checks this week.
“Dembele, Umtiti and Gavi are positive for COVID-19 after PCR checks on the squad. The gamers are in good well being and self-isolating at dwelling. The membership has reported the instances to the related authorities,” Barcelona mentioned in a press release.
Barca, who final performed within the league in a 1-1 draw in opposition to Sevilla on Dec. 21, are seventh on 28 factors from 18 video games.
(Reporting by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)