Monaco (AP) – Seven players from the French first division soccer club AS Monaco have tested positive for the corona virus. The players are doing well, their state of health is not a concern, it said in a message from the club.
The players would be in isolation and would be accompanied by medical staff. The club did not name the players concerned from the team around German striker Kevin Volland and goalkeeper Alexander Nübel, who was loaned from FC Bayern.
AS Monaco will face Quevilly Rouen in the sixteenth finals of the French Football Cup on Sunday. It is unlikely that the previous coach Niko Kovac will still sit on the bench. According to French media reports, the club is said to have informed the former Bundesliga coach about his leave of absence on Thursday evening. Accordingly, coach Philippe Clement from Club Bruges should be the favorite to succeed Kovacs. There was initially no official confirmation from the club for the change of coach.
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