By Daily Sports on December 29, 2021
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta will be absent for his side’s New Year’s Day clash with Manchester City after testing positive for coronavirus.
The Spaniard is now isolating and will be unable to attend the tea-time kick-off at the Emirates Stadium.
A club statement read: “Mikel Arteta will miss our match against Manchester City on New Year’s Day after testing positive for COVID-19.
“Mikel is isolating in line with Government guidelines and we wish him well.”
Arteta is still expected to do press duties ahead of the game on Thursday.
He previously contracted the virus in March 2020, which prompted the shutdown of English football at the start of the pandemic.
Assistants Albert Stuivenberg and Steve Round will be in charge on match day.
The Gunners were without a number of players during their 5-0 win at Norwich on Boxing Day due to coronavirus.
Calum Chambers, Cedric Soares, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ainsley Maitland-Niles among those infected.
Their game with Wolves on Tuesday was postponed due to an outbreak in Bruno Lage’s squad. (dpa/NAN)
•PHOTO: Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta
Source Daily Sports
Posted December 29, 2021
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