Storm on the horizon?

Real Madrid duo Eden Hazard and Casemiro have tested positive for Covid-19 and the two players are now isolating, the Spanish club said in a statement yesterday. Italy coach Roberto Mancini, as well as former Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, have also contracted the virus.

Real Madrid duo Eden Hazard and Casemiro have tested positive for Covid-19 and the two players are now isolating, the Spanish club said in a statement yesterday. Italy coach Roberto Mancini, as well as former Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, have also contracted the virus.

Italy have three fixtures in the coming two weeks -- a home friendly with Estonia on Wednesday before facing Poland and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Nations League.

Football has been hit hard by the pandemic and fresh cases like these could be indicative of a storm on the horizon.