Real Madrid: Florentino Pérez tests positive for covid-19
Real Madrid say club president Pérez has tested positive for the coronavirus but is not suffering from any symptoms.
On the same day head coach Zinedine Zidane returned to training after recovering from the coronavirus, Real Madrid have confirmed that club president Florentino Pérez has tested positive for covid-19.
Real Madrid chief symptom-free, club says
Pérez, 73, "is not showing any symptoms", Los Blancos said in a statement published on their official website on Tuesday.
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In addition to Pérez and Zidane, five Real Madrid players - Eden Hazard, Éder Militão, Luka Jovic, Mariano Díaz and Nacho Fernández - have also contracted covid-19 since the pandemic began.
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