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Inaki Williams among six virus cases at Athletic Bilbao

Football

By AFP | Aug 14, 2020

Athletic Bilbao Forward Inaki Williams admitted on Wednesday that he was one of six positive coronavirus cases recorded at the La Liga club.

Williams, 26, had returned to pre-season training with the Basque side this week ahead of the new La Liga campaign which begins in mid-September.

“Today it was confirmed that I tested positive after a PCR test. I’m asymptomatic and fortunately I’m doing well. I have to remain isolated now at home to beat the virus,” Williams posted on Twitter.

“I can’t wait for the moment to arrive so I can join the team for pre-season.”

Athletic Bilbao's Inaki Williams, left, and Real Madrid's Luka Modric fight for the ball during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. [AP Photo/Paul White]

Williams’ fellow squad members Oihan Sancet, Unai Lopez and Gaizka Larrazabal also said they were among those to have contracted COVID-19.

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Earlier in the day Bilbao said group training would stop and individuals who tested negative will be examined on Friday.

Elsewhere, Barcelona announced Jean-Clair Todibo had caught the illness but that the defender had not been in contact with the squad travelling to Lisbon today’s Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich.

On Tuesday, fellow La Liga clubs Valencia and Real Betis, as well as second-tier Espanyol and Real Mallorca, revealed they had squad members test positive.