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Pep Guardiola will miss Manchester City’s FA Cup third-round tie at Swindon on Friday following a coronavirus outbreak at the Premier League champions.
City have announced that manager Guardiola and assistant Juanma Lillo returned positive tests on Tuesday along with a number of other members of the “first-team bubble”.
The club have not identified any of the other individuals but have given details of the number affected.
Pep Guardiola will miss tomorrow evening’s FA Cup trip to Swindon Town after testing positive for Covid-19.
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— Manchester City (@ManCity) January 6, 2022
A statement on the club’s website added: “This brings the number of those isolating for Covid-related reasons amongst the group to 21. Of that number, 14 are backroom staff with seven first-team players.”
Rodolfo Borrell, another of Guardiola’s coaching assistants, will take charge of the team at Swindon.
The news comes after Burnley announced their manager, Sean Dyche, will be absent as the Clarets host Huddersfield in their third-round tie on Saturday.
Burnley Football Club can confirm manager Sean Dyche will miss this weekend's FA Cup third round tie at home to Huddersfield Town, after testing positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Sean will now follow the mandatory self-isolation protocols. pic.twitter.com/FJcVcZLB1I
— Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) January 6, 2022
Dyche has also tested positive for Covid-19 this week.
A statement read: “Burnley Football Club can confirm manager Sean Dyche will miss this weekend’s FA Cup third-round tie at home to Huddersfield, after testing positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Sean will now follow the mandatory self-isolation protocols.”
Meanwhile, Everton have announced their Women’s Super League match at Aston Villa scheduled for Saturday has been postponed due to coronavirus cases in their squad.
Our scheduled away match at Aston Villa on Saturday 8 January has been postponed following FA approval as a result of an increase in positive COVID-19 cases in the Blues squad.
Details of the rearranged fixture will be confirmed in due course.
— Everton Women (@EvertonWomen) January 6, 2022
It is the third fixture of the forthcoming round of WSL games to be called off after Chelsea v Tottenham (Friday) and West Ham v Manchester United (Sunday) were postponed on Wednesday because of Covid-19 in the home camps.
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