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Barcelona's Jordi Alba tests positive for Covid-19The player is in good health and self-isolating at home, the club said
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Jordi Alba. Credit: AFP file photo
Jordi Alba. Credit: AFP file photo

Barcelona's Spanish international left-back Jordi Alba has tested positive for Covid-19, the club confirmed on Tuesday.

"Jordi Alba has tested positive for Covid-19, ruling him out of Tuesday afternoon's training session," the La Liga club said in a statement.

"The player is in good health and self-isolating at home."

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Alba, 32, joins Frenchman Clement Langlet and Brazilian Dani Alves, who also tested positive this week.

Barcelona, currently seventh in La Liga, travel to Real Mallorca (15th) on Sunday.

Several Spanish clubs have reported Covid cases, such as Real Sociedad on Monday or Real Madrid in mid-December, but no match has yet been postponed.

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(Published 28 December 2021, 19:45 IST)