The The Premier League allowed friendly matches to be played before the start of the competition on June 17. Manchester United was scheduled to meet this Tuesday at Stoke City at its Carrington facility, but everything fell apart immediately.
Stoke medical services alerted to a positive case among its staff members, in the controls carried out the previous afternoon. The match was suspended when the Stoke footballers were already at United's facilities to play the match, according to reports Mirror. Alarms went off and the protocol of the Premier was put into operation. As reported by StokeThe positive test belongs to coach Michael O'Neill, who had tested negative in previous controls. It will remain quarantined and isolated. Assistant to the team Bill Mckinlay will lead the team.
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The United players were ready to jump onto the field but were alerted to the friendly cancellation. At no time were they in contact with the Stoke footballers, who were immediately evicted from the facilities. The team led by Solskjaer returns into action on Friday June 19 on his visit to Tottenham de Mourinho. Meanwhile, the Stoke has a scheduled match Championship the next day in front of Reading. We will have to see how it affects the restart of the competition, the positive of Michael O'Neill.