After a 5-0 victory over RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the early morning of October 29, district coach Ole Solskjaer confirmed that rookie Alex Telles had just received a positive result for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
"Telles tested positive for COVID-19, and have been quarantined for several days. He has no symptoms of the disease. Alex Telles will be fine and return soon, the Man Unied homepage quoted coach Solskjaer as saying.
Alex Telles joined MU from Porto in the summer for £13 million. The Brazilian made his MU debut in the 2-1 win over PSG in the Champions League on October 21. He was then absent when MU hosted Chelsea in the Premier League. In recent days, Telles have not appeared in MU's training sessions and continued to sit out the match against RB Leipzig.
Telles is the second Man United player to be infected with COVID-19 after the case of Paul Pogba. Before that, the French star missed the training session with the French team but quickly recovered to return to play with MU.
MU had a smooth start in the Champions League when they defeated the two strongest opponents in Group H, Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig.
Coach Solskjaer gave the opportunity to start for the new Van de Beek in the 5-0 victory over RB Leipzig. The Dutch midfielder performed quite impressively before being substituted in the 70th minute. The "captain" of MU received a lot of criticism for continuously letting Van de Beek sit on the bench in the past matches.
