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EPL : Nigeria Stars Face Covid-19 Test

By Sampson Adedeji

The Nigeria Players plying their trade in the English premier league will have to face corona virus tests before returning to action for their various clubs as the organiser of the league make it compulsory for all the players in the league to undergo covid tests.

The football in England was halted few weeks back due to Corona virus outbreak which ravaged the country and other part of the world, BSN Reports.

Chief executive of the League Managers’ Association, Richard Bevin, informed that all players must be tested for coronavirus before the Premier League can return to action.

“Our managers do not want to be back on the pitch unless the players have been tested.

“But at the same time the government must confirm that is OK, because the tests must be made available first – if there’s a shortage – to care, workers, patients, NHS staff and their families," he said.

Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Iwobi, and Bukayo Saka all ply their trade in the premier league.