straight to your inboxManchester City are carefully monitoring developments after a Real Madrid player tested positive for Covid-19.
Both clubs are currently pushing ahead with preparations for the second leg of the Champions League last 16 clash at the Etihad Stadium on August 7.
But the news that Madrid squad player Mariano Diaz has contracted the virus has put the Blues on high alert just ten days before the two clubs are set to play.
The fact that Mariano does not appear to have been in contact with any teammates, as he was tested on his return to training after the squad was given a short break, appears to mitigate the likelihood that Madrid are in breach of protocols governing elite sports teams travelling to the UK.Madrid will have.
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