Last update on. From the section Man UtdMan Utd played Brentford at a friendly on WednesdayManchester United's friendly against Preston on Saturday, March 31st has been cancelled after "small numbers of positive" Covid-19 cases at the Premier League club were identified.United and Brentford drew 2-2 on Wednesday. The routine testing of the first team revealed cases.Individuals are currently in isolation pending further testing.United claims they have cancelled their game at Preston due to Covid protocols.After performing lateral flow tests, a mixture of staff and players is isolated.United stated in a statement that they did not anticipate any disruptions to their upcoming matches. However, United assured that they would continue to adhere to Premier League protocols.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team has one remaining friendly before the start to the season. It is against Everton on July 7, a week before their Premier League campaign against Leeds.United says that all Preston ticket holders will receive a full refund.Because of Covid-19 cases at Nottingham Forest, Nottingham Forest had to cancel Saturday's preseason match against Burnley at City Ground.The Canaries' squad had a small number of cases that day. This also caused Norwich City's preseason match against Sheffield United to be cancelled.Arsenal pulled out of the Florida Cup earlier this month after a small number of their tour party had tested positive for coronavirus.After Karl Darlow's positive test for Covid-19, Newcastle External-Link will not have a senior goalkeeper in Sunday's friendly against York. He must be isolated for 10 days.Mark Gillespie, Freddie Woodman, and Darlow are in close contact. Martin Dubravka is hurt.
