By Sky News
Manchester United’s Premier League away game to Brentford on Tuesday night has been postponed due to a COVID outbreak among the visitors’ squad.
United asked league officials to postpone the fixture after being forced to close first-team operations at their Carrington training complex on Monday afternoon.
The club said they recorded a “small number” of positive cases among first-team players and staff who took lateral flow tests on Sunday, a day after they beat Norwich 1-0 at Carrow Road.
It comes after Tottenham’s Europa Conference League game against Rennes slated for 9 December had to be postponed as staff and players tested positive and was later unable to be rescheduled.
The postponement of another high-profile fixture so quickly after Spurs’ troubles will raise fears over the rising impact of COVID amid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.
The Premier League also announced on Monday a record 42 players and staff tested positive for COVID in the previous week, the highest number since 40 cases were reported in January.
“Manchester United can confirm that our Premier League fixture at Brentford FC has been postponed and will be rescheduled in due course,” read a United statement.
