Image source: Manchester City Football Club website.
China News Service, December 29th. On the 28th local time, the Premier League announced that the Manchester City vs. Everton game in the early hours of Tuesday morning Beijing time was postponed due to the positive case of the new crown in the Manchester City club.
"Man City made a request to the Premier League this morning to reschedule the game because the club received positive feedback from multiple players this morning for the new crown." The Premier League wrote.
The Premier League statement did not disclose the number of "recruited" players, but according to foreign media reports, in addition to the previously confirmed Walker and Jesus, Manchester City added 3 new confirmed players to the lineup.
Manchester City are not the only team to be attacked by the new crown.
The Arsenal club also confirmed a few days ago that central defender Gabriel tested positive for the new crown.
Earlier, Gabriel missed the game with Chelsea as a close contact.
After the new round of test results came out, Gabriel was also diagnosed.
Currently, he is in self-isolation, Arsenal said they will pay close attention to Gabriel's state.
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