- Players have concerns over returning amid coronavirus
- Aidy Mariappa and two staff have tested positive
Troy Deeney was one of several Watford players who chose not to take part in small-group training on Wednesday, the day after three members of the club’s playing and coaching staff, including the centre-back Aidy Mariappa, were found to have tested positive for Covid-19.
Four groups of players, each of no more than five, trained at the club’s Hertfordshire base. Excluding Mariappa, who is isolating for seven days and will be retested before returning to training, Gerard Deulofeu, who moved into his physiotherapist’s house in Spain before that country imposed its lockdown in an effort to accelerate his recovery from a serious knee injury, and those on loan when league football was paused the club have 26 senior professionals, including three goalkeepers.
Written by Simon Burnton and Paul MacInnes
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/may/20/watford-reveal-one-player-and-two-staff-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-premier-league under the title “Troy Deeney and several Watford teammates stay away from training”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
