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Aston Villa training ground closed due to Covid-19 outbreak

Aston Villa's English midfielder Ross Barkley (centre) celebrates with teammates after scoring their fifth goal during their English Premier League match against Liverpool at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England on October 4, 2020.

Photo credit: Peter Powell | AFP

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • Villa's FA Cup third round tie against Liverpool on Friday is now at risk of being postponed.
  • Villa are the fourth Premier League club to suffer a Covid-19 outbreak in the last two months with growing concerns over whether the English top-flight can complete the season on schedule.

London

Aston Villa were forced to close their training ground on Thursday after two rounds of testing returned multiple positive cases of coronavirus among players and staff.

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