Bryan Mbeumo: Brentford forward tests positive for coronavirus
Saturday 20 June 2020 12:43, UK
Brentford's Bryan Mbeumo has tested positive for coronavirus, the club's head coach Thomas Frank has confirmed.
The news comes as Brentford prepare to take on Fulham at Craven Cottage in the first Championship match since the enforced shutdown.
Frank does, however, welcome back Pontus Jansson to his defence, in what is the Swede's first start since January, for a west London derby between two sides targetting promotion.
Mbuemo's brief though is a watching one, and he appeared to be in good spirits as he took to Twitter to will his team-mates on.
The 20-year-old has enjoyed an impressive first season in English football following his arrival last August, with 14 goals in the league.
Commenting on the news, Frank told Sky Sports' Caroline Barker: "That's a confirmed test for Bryan.
"The only reason why we didn't want to tell everybody was of course everybody knows that he most likely would have started today if he was negative.
"[He has] no symptoms, [he is] fit and well so unfortunately then of course you need to isolate just to keep everything in the right place and a safe environment.
"The good thing is that our training is the safest place to be because the next test everybody was negative. It is just unfortunate but that's the way it is."
