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BREAKING NEWS: Liverpool’s FA Cup tie at Aston Villa in doubt as hosts are forced to shut their training ground after a ‘significant’ Covid outbreak with ‘a large number of first team players and staff’ testing positive
Aston Villa‘s FA Cup clash with Liverpool has been thrown into doubt after a significant outbreak of coronavirus at the club.
The club confirmed a ‘large number of first-team players and staff’ returned positive cases in the first round of routine testing on Monday and then even more positive results were produced among the squad in further tests on Tuesday.
Dean Smith’s pre-match press conference was delayed from 2pm as the club were in talks with the FA and Premier League over whether the fixture could go ahead, and the training ground has been closed.
Aston Villa have closed their training ground after a significant Covid outbreak at the club
A Villa statement said: ‘A large number of first team players and staff returned positive tests after being routinely tested on Monday and immediately went into isolation.
‘A second round of testing was carried out immediately and produced more positive results today.’
First team training ahead of tomorrow’s FA Cup match with Liverpool was cancelled.
Discussions are ongoing between medical representatives of the Club, the Football Association and the Premier League.’
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