Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele, defender Samuel Umtiti
and midfielder Gavi have tested positive for Covid-19, the Spanish club said
Wednesday, bringing to six the number of infected first team players.
“The players are in good health and self-isolating at home.
The Club has reported the cases to the relevant authorities”, it said in a
statement.
The three players join left-back Jordi Alba, centre-back
Clement Lenglent and defender Dani Alves, who also tested positive this week.
Barcelona, currently seventh in La Liga, travel to Real
Mallorca (15th) on Sunday.
Several Spanish clubs have reported Covid cases, such as
Real Sociedad on Monday or Real Madrid in mid-December, but no match has yet
been postponed.
According to La Liga and Spanish Football Federation rules,
a match is suspended when a team does not have at least 13 players, of which
five must be from the first team.
This puts Sunday’s match between Atletico Madrid and Rayo
Vallecano at risk because the latter team has up to 17 infected players,
according to press reports, making it the hardest-hit squad in the first
division.
Real Sociedad has reported 10 infected players, Cadiz has
five and RCD Mallorca four.