{"id":577083,"date":"2021-01-03T09:03:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T14:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=577083"},"modified":"2021-01-03T09:03:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T14:03:38","slug":"further-positive-covid-19-tests-at-manchester-city-as-eric-garcia-becomes-latest-to-player-contract-the-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/03\/further-positive-covid-19-tests-at-manchester-city-as-eric-garcia-becomes-latest-to-player-contract-the-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Further Positive COVID-19 Tests at Manchester City as Eric Garcia Becomes Latest to Player Contract the Virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/manchester-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a> defender <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/2bed3eab\/Eric-Garcia\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric Garcia<\/a> and one member of club staff have tested positive for COVID-19, the club have confirmed.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\">Manchester City Duo Test Positive for COVID-19<\/h2>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">More COVID-19 Cases in the Manchester City Camp<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The news will be alarming for both the Manchester club and the Premier League. On Christmas Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/86dd77d1\/Kyle-Walker\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Walker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b66315ae\/Gabriel-Jesus\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gabriel Jesus<\/a> and two members of staff also tested positive, enforcing the club to close the training ground as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On Monday, the players and staff returned to the City Football Academy after the entire bubble was tested. The training facility was deep cleaned, with only essential operations around training resuming.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As a result, the City players were tested again on Tuesday after their game against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/everton\/\" target=\"_self\">Everton<\/a> was postponed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">That fixture, along with games involving <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/fulham\/\" target=\"_self\">Fulham<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/tottenham\/\" target=\"_self\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/burnley\/\" target=\"_self\">Burnley<\/a>, were also halted and will be rescheduled for a later date.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Manchester City Statement on Eric Garcia and Member of Staff<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS | Manchester City can confirm that Eric Garcia and one member of staff have tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd37 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ManCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ManCity<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/axa0klD5re\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/axa0klD5re<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4UiymweyBw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/4UiymweyBw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManCity\/status\/1345724279539847168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a brief statement issued on Sunday afternoon, <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.mancity.com\/news\/mens\/club-statement-eric-garcia-covid-19-63745275?__twitter_impression=true\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the club said<\/a>: &#8220;Both personnel will now observe a period of self-isolation in accordance with Premier League and UK Government protocol on quarantine.<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Everyone at the Club wishes our colleagues a speedy recovery ahead of their return to work, training and competition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Garcia has recently been linked with a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/01\/barcelona-complete-eric-garcia-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">return to Spain to rejoin Barcelona.<\/a> There has been talk of the defender leaving this month, but it seems likely that both clubs will wait until the player becomes a free agent in the summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">Upcoming Fixtures<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Talk of a Premier League circuit break have been mooted but seem to have dissipated in the past few days.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">City are due to face <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/chelsea\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> on Sunday afternoon before continuing in their pursuit of defending the Carabao Cup when they face rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Main Photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a id=\"eE3wtbYqRlRksaYl9K-Mwg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1196970761\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'eE3wtbYqRlRksaYl9K-Mwg',sig:'RQ00snMOoStT-J1ft1sTAySZRCb0H3vaj3ljDQc8AtI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1196970761',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City defender Eric Garcia and one member of club staff have tested positive for COVID-19, the club have confirmed. Manchester City Duo Test Positive for COVID-19 More COVID-19 Cases in the Manchester City Camp The news will be alarming for both the Manchester club and the Premier League. On Christmas Day, Kyle Walker, Gabriel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":577085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2,30,3],"tags":[4906,3185,100,40,136],"class_list":["post-577083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-city","category-featured","category-news","category-premier-league","tag-coronavirus","tag-eric-garcia","tag-manchester-city","tag-premier-league","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}