Football: COVID-19 rocks Manchester United with staff, players testing positive, Premier League clash v Brentford in doubt

Manchester United have suffered an outbreak of COVID-19 among players and staff, jeopardising their next Premier League game against Brentford.

United, who won 1-0 at Norwich City on Sunday (NZ time), are due to travel to Brentford later in the week.

The Athletic reports a small number of players and staff have returned positive lateral flow tests and were sent home before the team's training session, with the Premier League notified about the situation.

The report also says the group that travelled to Norwich had returned negative results before Saturday's game.

Brighton & Hove Albion's home game against Tottenham Hotspur, due to be played on Monday, was called off due to COVID-19 cases at Tottenham last week.

Britain raised its COVID alert level on Sunday in response to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the virus.

Reuters