Barcelona's Umtiti, out of Champions League trip, tests positive for COVID-19


FILE PHOTO: FC Barcelona's Samuel Umtiti wearing a protective face mask and gloves at Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper training ground for COVID-19 tests following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Barcelona, Spain, May 6, 2020. Miguel Ruiz/FC Barcelona/Handout via REUTERS./File Photo

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona said France defender Samuel Umtiti has tested positive for COVID-19, although the result will not affect their Champions League quarter-final with Bayern Munich on Friday as he is injured and not with the squad.

Umtiti is the second Barca player to give a positive test for COVID-19 in the last week after his fellow French defender Jean-Clair Todibo was diagnosed with the virus on Wednesday when reporting back for pre-season training.

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