Thu Jun 04, 2020 3:33 pm
Leeds United’s Premier League promotion hopes have appeared to suffer a set-back with reports emerging an individual from the club has tested positive for coronavirus.
The EFL confirmed on Wednesday evening that there had been nine new positive cases in the latest round of testing.
Those confirmed cases came from six different clubs in the second-tier after 1,094 players and staff were tested between Saturday, May 30, and Tuesday, June 2.
Following on from the EFL’s statement, Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield and Preston all confirmed that they each had one employee among the nine positive cases.
And now according to a report from Sportsmail, at least one individual at the Elland Road club has tested positive for Covid-19 in the latest round of testing.
If the report was to be correct, and there is no indication at the minute that it isn’t, then it would be the first confirmed case that the Championship leaders have had since they returned to training last week.