From the Arsenal website

Our Premier League match with Manchester City on Wednesday night has been postponed.

Following yesterday’s news that Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis has recently contracted Covid-19, we have been taking medical advice and tracing any individuals who had what the guidelines define as close contact with him at the game 13 days ago.

As a result of this exercise we identified that a number of players met the Olympiacos owner immediately following the game.

The medical advice we have received puts the risk of them developing Covid-19 at extremely low. However, we are strictly following the Government guidelines which recommend that anyone coming into close contact with someone with the virus should self-isolate at home for 14 days from the last time they had contact.

As a result, the players are unavailable for tonight's match against Manchester City and the Premier League has decided the game should be postponed.

The players will remain at their homes until the 14-day period expires. Four Arsenal staff, who were sitting close to Mr Marinakis during the match will also remain at home until the 14 days are complete.

We fully understand how disappointing this is for our supporters, in particular those who were travelling to Manchester for tonight's match. Tickets will be valid for the match when it's rearranged.

As a further precautionary measure, whilst we do not believe there was any close contact with any other Arsenal guests or staff in the directors box restaurant, we are contacting them to advise they should follow the relevant advice if there has been any such contact.

Everyone at Arsenal Football Club wishes Mr Marinakis a swift recovery and we look forward to the players and staff returning to work on Friday in preparation for our match at Brighton.

Copyright 2020 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.

Posted By: thirsty work on March 11th 2020 at 01:06:39

Message Thread

Man City vs Arsenal match tonight postponed... (Other Football) - thirsty work, Mar 11, 00:52:43
- From the Arsenal website (Other Football) - thirsty work, Mar 11, 01:06:39
  - I think the chances of the season being terminated just went up substantially (Other Football) - Kev, Mar 11, 03:46:49
    - why would it be good for us? (Other Football) - CWC, Mar 11, 07:55:21
      - Can’t just relegate the bottom 3 without completing (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 11, 08:00:56
        
        assumes we're free to play by summer.. (Other Football) - CWC, Mar 11, 08:07:24
        
        i can see it being decided in court (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 11, 08:12:17
        
        I believe a season has to be completed (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 11, 08:16:00
        
        Don’t see how they can legally relegate teams (Other Football) - duke of york, Mar 11, 08:19:11
    - Would would happen with the TV money? (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 11, 07:37:28
    - agreed. (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Mar 11, 07:11:12
      - The euros are almost certainly toast (n/m) (Other Football) - shoddy, Mar 11, 07:34:07
        
        maybe .. still too early to call off (n/m) (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 11, 07:41:02
  - Ok... Arsenal played Pompey and West Ham since then... (Other Football) - Worthing Yellow, Mar 11, 01:36:40
    - If any arsenal players or staff test positive (Other Football) - ede, Mar 11, 06:46:38
- Source? (n/m) (Other Football) - Worthing Yellow, Mar 11, 01:01:07
  - Ketchup (n/m) (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 11, 07:39:47

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.