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Nottingham Forest and Olympiakos owner reveals he has coronavirus

The Guaridan - The owner of Nottingham Forest and Olympiakos has tested positive for coronavirus, prompting a scramble to contain the possible spread of infection among fans and players. Evangelos Marinakis was present at the City Ground last Friday night for Forest’s 3-0 defeat to Millwall. He also met the Forest squad and posed for photos with several fans. On 27 February he was at the Emirates Stadium as Olympiakos knocked Arsenal out of the Europa League. Marinakis confirmed he had the virus in a post on Instagram. “The recent virus has ‘visited’ me and I felt obliged to let the public know,” he wrote. “I feel good as I take all the necessary measures and I disci- pline to the doctors instructions. I strongly advise all my fellow citizens to do the same. I wish all a quick recovery.” Olympiakos are due to play Wolves in the Europa League on Thursday, with Uefa having already an- nounced that the game will take place behind closed doors to limit the risk of transmission. There will be further uncertainty now as to whether the game should go ahead at all, and concern over upcoming fixtures in the Championship and perhaps even . Forest’s next fixture is scheduled to take place away at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday and the EFL are in contact with the club over what steps to take next. In a statement the club said: “Nottingham Forest can confirm that owner Evangelos Marinakis has tested positive for the coronavirus. Mr Marinakis was diagnosed after showing the first symptoms on his return to Greece yesterday afternoon. During his short stay in Nottingham last week he did not show any symptoms of the virus. The club are seeking advice from medical professionals and the relevant governing bodies to ensure the correct measures are taken. Until this time the club will be making no further comment.” Marinakis is believed to have met the Forest squad in the dressing room before the Millwall match and, according to the Daily Telegraph, shaken the hands of the players. With skin-to-skin contact one of the ways in which coronavirus is transferred, the Forest players will now have to be tested for the virus, and there will also be concern over the fans who met with Marinakis outside the ground after the game. Elsewhere in football, the scale and speed of the response to coronavirus continued to grow. On Monday all sports events in Italy were cancelled until 3 April. On Tuesday, announced that all fixtures would be played behind closed doors for the next two weeks. Manchester United’s Europa League last-16 match against LASK on Thursday will also take place without fans present.

Courtois set to miss Real Madrid’s crunch clash with Man City

Real Madrid are likely to be without Saint-Germain in a deal involving Keylor Na- for the second leg of their Champions League last- vas. 16 encounter with Manchester City after seeing their Two of those outings have come in the Champions first-choice goalkeeper pick up an untimely injury. League, with Club Brugge faced home and away in The Blancos have confirmed that the Belgium inter- the group stage. national is nursing a groin complaint. Areola must now ready himself for crucial domestic Courtois was able to see 90 minutes of La Liga ac- and European fixtures that will have a big say in the tion against on Sunday, as Zinedine Zi- outcome of Madrid’s season. dane’s side suffered a shock 2-1 defeat. He is, however, not the only one being forced to step He was, however, spotted hobbling in the aftermath in during the enforced absence of an injured team- of that contest, raising fears as to his involvement mate. in upcoming fixtures. Zidane will also need to find another left-back to And medical tests have now revealed that the counter the loss of Marcelo, with the Brazil interna- 27-year-old will require a spell on the sidelines in tional having joined Courtois in the treatment room order to recover full match fitness. at Santiago Bernabeu. That means Courtois will be unavailable for a meet- He lasted just under an hour against Betis over the ing with Eibar on Friday, before then sitting out a cru- weekend before being replaced by Ferland Mendy cial European clash with City at the Etihad Stadium. due to a thigh problem, with it unclear when the An update on Madrid’s official website read: “Fol- South American will come back into contention. lowing tests carried out today on Thibaut Courtois Madrid said of Marcelo: “After tests carried out to- by the Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been day on Marcelo by the Real Madrid Medical Servic- diagnosed with an injury to his left adductor muscle. es, he has been diagnosed with a muscular lesion in His recovery will be monitored.” the left femoral biceps.” With Courtois ruled out, Zidane will have to turn to Zidane would have been hoping to be at full strength Alphonse Areola for cover between the sticks. heading towards a meeting with Eibar that will pres- The Frenchman has taken in just eight appearanc- ent Real with a chance to move back to the top of es for Real this season, having been acquired from the Liga table.