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Arteta Tests Postive For Covid-19 Again, To Miss Man City Game

Arsenal will face Premier League leaders Manchester City on Saturday without manager Mikel Arteta in the dug-out after the Arsenal boss tested positive for Covid-19.

In a statement on the official website, the club say:

“Mikel Arteta will miss our match against Manchester City on New Year’s Day after testing positive for COVID-19.

” Mikel is isolating in line with Government guidelines and we wish him well.

It’s the second time this has happened to Arteta, back in March 2020 his diagnosis sparked the shutdown of football as the pandemic began in earnest.

It will obviously have an impact on match day against his former team where he was an assistant to Pep Guardiola but also when it comes to preparation for the game as he is isolating.

There must also be a concern around the squad and staff in general as Arteta would have been in close contact with many of them over the last number of days.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.