FC Bayern Munich: Five new corona cases with the record champions
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Manuel Neuer also affected: five new corona cases at Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich is again affected by the corona pandemic: a total of five players tested positive for the virus after their vacation – including captain Manuel Neuer.
Bundesliga autumn champions FC Bayern Munich will be thwarted by Corona at the start of the new year. The club announced on Saturday evening that after the vacation, Captain Manuel Neuer (in the Maldives), Kingsley Coman (Dubai), Corentin Tolisso (France) and the Englishman Omar Richards had tested positive for the virus.
All players are doing well, reported the record champions. This also applies to the assistant trainer Dino Toppmöller, who also tested positive. All five infected people are in quarantine at home.
The preparation of FC Bayern Munich is delayed
The FC Bayern team will only start preparing for the second half this Monday. The first game of the Munich team will take place next Friday against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
The start of training was originally planned for Sunday. As a result of the adaptation of the test and hygiene concept to the current pandemic situation, all players, coaches and staff members would now be PCR tested on Monday morning.