The sixth wave of COVID, caused by the Omicron variant, is shaking society and therefore the world of football. With matches suspended in leagues such as the Premier (where, according to Reuters, 103 positives were found among all teams during the past week), LaLiga decided to establish a new prevention protocol that dictated, among other measures, that players should They will submit to PCR after the return of the Christmas holidays, at the end of the FIFA breaks, the new signings, the players who return from three days or more of rest in a row and other situations that thus require this type of control.
In this holiday round, all the clubs are following LaLiga protocol and tests are being carried out on all the players. That is why many positives from both footballers and staff are being confirmed. Therefore, all positives, according to the protocol, must be quarantined for 10 days.
This is the list of infections for each team
Athletic
Berenguer and Ezketia (December 20).
Alaves
No confirmed cases.
Atlético de Madrid
No confirmed cases.
Barcelona
Lenglet and Dani Alves (December 27).
Jordi Alba and Alex Baldé (December 28).
Dembélé, Umtiti and Gavi (December 29).
Betis
Six positives announced on December 27.
Borja Iglesias (December 21)
Cádiz
5 positive players (December 27). The club has not revealed the identity of the footballers.
Celta Vigo
9 positives in the squad. The club has not revealed the identity of those infected.
Elche
Eight positives on returning to work. (December 27). The club did not specify the number of players or the names.
Spanish
5 positives diagnosed (December 27). The club has not revealed the identity of those infected.
Getafe
The club has communicated that it does not provide any information in this regard.
Granada
No confirmed cases.
Levante
3 players (December 28). The club has not revealed the identity of the footballers.
Mallorca
4 infected players (December 28). The club has not given names.
Osasuna
Íñigo Pérez and Chimy Ávila. For their part, Manu Sánchez, Darko and Barbero have presented an “indeterminate” result (December 28).
Vallecano Ray
9 positives in the first squad (December 21). The club has not specified the cases.
8 more positives (December 28). The club has not disclosed the identity of the players.
* On December 29, three players return to training. Therefore, they remain 14 positive players.
Real society
10 positive cases of players (December 27). The club has not revealed the identity of those infected.
Real Madrid
Without infected after the recovery of all positives.
Sevilla
The club has communicated three positive cases in the first squad this Tuesday. (December 29).
Valencia
4 positives detected after PCR tests (December 29). The club has not revealed the name of the infected.
Villarreal
No confirmed cases.