Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has tested positive for Covid-19, the Spanish champions said on Tuesday.
A statement from Real said Perez, 73, had returned a positive result in the club’s routine tests and was currently asymptomatic.
It read: “Real Madrid C. F. would like to inform that our president Florentino Pérez has tested positive in the Covid-19 tests that he periodically undergoes, although he is not showing any symptoms.”
Spain is approaching three million confirmed cases of Covid-19. At the time of writing, there have been more than 59,000 deaths in the country.
