French outfit Olympique de Marseille has detected three new suspected cases of COVID-19 among the club’s staff.
The Ligue 1 team made this known on Tuesday.
Marseille were set to play the 2020-21 season curtain-raiser against St Etienne last Friday but four confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus at the Provence club meant French professional soccer’s governing body (LFP) postponed the game to next month.
The club sated that three new suspected cases of COVID-19 have been detected within its professional workforce.
Marseille added that they had contacted the LFP ahead of their match against Brest on Sunday.
French professional soccer’s governing body LFP has set up a COVID committee to advise on whether to postpone matches.
