Norwich head coach Dean Smith has said the Premier League club are “holding their breath” as they wait on two COVID-19 test results ahead of their match against Manchester United on Saturday.
Tottenham Hotspur beat Norwich 3-0 on Sunday and have since been hit with a COVID-19 outbreak, which has seen their scheduled fixtures against Rennes in the UEFA Conference League and Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League postponed.
And on Friday Smith said that Norwich are waiting on COVID-19 tests of their own as they prepare for Manchester United’s visit this weekend.
Smith said: “We have got a couple of knocks and have got a couple of COVID-related issues that we are waiting on results for this morning.
“I can't really let you in on any names, but there's a couple of players who who we are worried about, so we have tested and we will wait for the PCR results back on them.
“(They are) just feeling a little bit unwell, (but) not likely to be linked to the game last week with Tottenham.
“It is just in general, I think (like) with the whole nation of holding our breaths at the moment.”
Smith added that the club was ready to adapt to the Premier League’s strengthened COVID-19 measures.
“They are similar regulations to what we we have had previously, so won't be too much newness about it from what the lads were doing before, but there'll be masks inside the building, no prolonged meetings and soft tissue massaging will be kept to a minimum as well.
“It has become part of our lives unfortunately at the moment and hopefully we can soon get rid of it.
“The protocols are there for a reason. If we are following them, then there shouldn't be too many worries about a spread.”
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