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.
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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