Chelsea have confirmed a suspected positive Covid-19 case within the Blues training camp bubble in Ireland resulted in their pre-season friendly against Drogheda United. Now, the Blues have released a statement confirming why the match was postponed.
A club spokesman said: “Earlier today, we had a possible positive Covid case which we are investigating. The individual has been isolated from the rest of the group. We also decided, as a precaution, to cancel tonight’s behind closed doors game against Drogheda.”
Chelsea had kept details of the behind-closed-doors game very quiet in the lead up, not naming Drogheda as the opponent until now.
