COVID-19: Three Lille Players Tests Positive

Lille midfielders Renato Sanches, Jonathan Ikone and Jonathan Bamba have tested positive for COVID-19.

The club’s coach Christophe Galtier disclosed this on Saturday, while calling for more firmness in enforcing social distancing.

He revealed that the three tested positive last Monday, after a 2-1 friendly win at Belgian first-division club Mouscron.

He said Sanches, a Euro 2016 winner, had returned to Portugal during a week off and there shown symptoms and tested positive.

“Renato is still in Portugal and he cannot travel yet because he has to pass two negative tests,” Galtier said.

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He said Ikone, a French international, and Bamba, a France under-21 player, had been confined to their homes but “should come back to training on Monday”.

Galtier, however, urged the French to follow the rules on social distancing.

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