Less than 12 hours before the first match of their new logo of the 2020/21 Premier League season, Manchester City showed that Ilkay Gundogan had tested positive for coronavirus. The spread of the virus, making the midfielder the 3rd case that the Cityzens has had this month following the positive tests of Aymeric Laporte and Riyad Mahrez.
However, while the Algerian is in dispute for playing for City on Monday, Laporte has just returned to first-team training, giving Pep Guardiola a varied dilemma, as the Spaniard is also missing Sergio Aguero, who is still recovering from a knee injury. City showed positive control of Gundogan and revealed that the German is now self-insulating over the next ten days, which can cause him to miss three games, adding the club’s first main league match.
“Manchester City can verify that Ilkay Gundogan tested positive for Covid-19. Ilkay now observes a 10-day era of self-de-insulation in accordance with premier league and British government quarantine protocol. Everyone at the club wants Ilkay a quick recovery. “City is on your website.