Get the biggest City transfer window stories, analysis and updates delivered straight to your inbox Manchester City's preparations for the season have hit a hitch even before the first team players have come back as Covid-19 continues to be rife across the country.
Pep Guardiola was restricted at the beginning of last season by three of his first team players testing positive ahead of their opening match against Wolves, with Ilkay Gundogan suffering particularly badly from the virus.
Almost a year on, professional football is once again not immune from wider society as the Blues have had to shut part of their training ground after an outbreak in the academy.
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