The boss of the German club VfL Wolfsburg plans to ban his internationals from joining their selections in March, due to the risk of contamination with coronavirus. “My state of mind right now is not to let our players go. I will ban it, "said Jörg Schmadtke in the German press on Wednesday.
He raises a problem there that could become generalized in the coming days, as the international window approaches the end of the month, during which the play-offs for the qualification for Euro 2020 must notably be played.
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In Frankfurt, which has ten internationals like Wolfsburg in its workforce, one of the leaders, Axel Hellmann, also said that he would prefer to "avoid" making his players available. For the moment, no other club has officially taken a position on this question, the spirits being mobilized on the closed-door measures imposed for all the matches of the 26th Bundesliga match day, from Friday to Monday.
On Wednesday, a first professional player tested positive for Covid-19. It is the defender from Hanover, who plays in the second division. Timo Hübers was immediately quarantined at his home.
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