“Miralem Pjanic was diagnosed positive in the PCR test which he took on Saturday August 22 after feeling some discomfort. The player feels good and is isolated at his home,” Barça informed in a statement released this Sunday evening .
“The player will therefore not travel to Barcelona for at least 15 days to join the Blaugrana team,” said FC Barcelona.
On June 29, Barça formalized the arrival of the Bosnian international (92 caps) from Juventus Turin for four years and 60 million euros, in exchange for the Brazilian Arthur, who had gone the opposite way for 72 millions of euros.
On vacation in Italy according to the Spanish press, the player will therefore miss the resumption of training for Barça, under the orders of his new coach Ronald Koeman, scheduled for August 31, before the start of the Spanish championship, on September 12.
This is the third case of a new coronavirus detected within the Catalan training, after French defenders Samuel Umtiti and Jean-Clair Todibo.
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