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Premier League clubs will be on high alert over the next six months and more with some top names seeing their contract run out in the summer of 2021.
These players are free to talk to clubs from foreign leagues from January 1, as their current clubs weigh up whether to offer a new deal, sell for a reduced fee in January, or allow to leave on a free in the summer.
The pool of out-of-contract players is more high profile than ever, with club legends in Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero up for grabs if they do not sign a new deal.
Five Manchester City players isolating after contracting COVID-19
Five Manchester City players are continuing to isolate and won t be available for the game against Chelsea after contracting the coronavirus, manager Pep Guardiola said Friday.
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LONDON Five Manchester City players are continuing to isolate and won t be available for the game against Chelsea after contracting the coronavirus, manager Pep Guardiola said Friday.
Ahead of Sunday s trip to Stamford Bridge, City has returned to training after the virus outbreak led to the postponement of Monday’s Premier League match against Everton.
The club has only identified forward Gabriel Jesus and defender Kyle Walker as having contracted COVID-19.
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Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus returned a positive test for coronavirus on Christmas Day. Photograph: Getty Images
Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus returned a positive test for coronavirus on Christmas Day. Photograph: Getty Images
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The Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, has confirmed the club will have five players unavailable for their Premier League game at Chelsea on Sunday following positive coronavirus tests.
City’s game at Everton on Monday was postponed at short notice after three more players tested positive for Covid-19 following the positive tests returned by Kyle Walker and Gabriel Jesus on Christmas Day. The latest results bring the total number of first-team personnel at the club isolating to seven, including two other
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Kyle Walker and Gabriel Jesus were confirmed as having tested positive, but Pep Guardiola revealed on Friday the Premier League asked City not to state the names of the three additional cases.
However, Ederson provided an update on his Instagram story.
Alongside a picture of himself dressed up for New Year s Eve, he wrote: I just prepared for the photo. My New Year s Eve is isolated.
Three of City s team returned positive tests on Monday, and the match at Goodison Park was called off around five hours before kick-off.
Walker and Jesus were already in self-isolation, along with two other City staff members, after contracting the virus last week, before another trio of players tested positive.