Barcelona have announced that their midfielder Miralem Pjanic has tested positive for coronavirus. The Bosnia and Herzegovina international recently joined the La Liga club from Juventus at the end of the season in a swap deal with Brazil international Arthur.
In a club statement, Barcelona confirmed the 30-year-old, who is yet to be officially presented at the Nou Camp, will not travel to Spain to join up with his new club ahead of the new season for another fifteen days.
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Pjanic tests positive for Covid-19 and will travel to Barcelona in 15 days. Player feeling well and self-isolating pic.twitter.com/sTr9s4pzvc— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) August 23, 2020
"Miralem Pjanic tested positive for PCR on Saturday, August 22 after suffering some discomfort. The player is in good health and is isolated at home. For this reason, the player will not travel to Barcelona until 15 days later to join Barca." the club said in a statement.
Taking to his Twitter account, the former Roma and Juventus player said: "I want to reassure everyone who cares about me, I'm fine and luckily I'm asymptomatic. What they teach us these days is that we can't take anything for granted. We are calm and respect the rules."
The 2020-21 La Liga season is scheduled to begin on September 12, but Barcelona will not begin their campaign until the third week of the season due to their participation in the final phases of the Champions League.
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