Bremen star in quarantine for 14 days

WERDER BREmEn have confirmed that an unnamed player will enter a two-week quarantine period due to someone close to him testing positive for Covid-19.

The Bundesliga returns this weekend amid the coronavirus pandemic, with Werder hosting Bayer Leverkusen on monday night.

The club said on Twitter: ‘Due to the positive test of somebody in his personal circle, one Werder player has been placed under a two-week quarantine. The player in question tested negative for coronavirus’.

Werder Bremen have not been the only German club to experience a setback ahead of their return to action.

Bundesliga 2 side Dynamo Dresden’s squad and staff were all forced into a two-week lockdown after two players tested positive for the virus whilst training.

Top-flight side Cologne thought their comeback was not going to happen after two players and one staff member tested positive for coronavirus.

However, they have since had the all-clear to return to the training pitch ahead of their match-up with mainz tomorrow.

Bayern munich chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says the Bundesliga hopes to impress the watching world today when it becomes the first major European league to resume following football’s suspension.

Rummenigge, whose team travel to face Union Berlin tomorrow said: ‘If the Bundesliga is the only league around the world to be broadcast on TV, then I assume that we will have an audience of billions all over the world.’