Juventus defender Merih Demiral has tested positive for COVID while on international duty with Turkey, Italian media claim.
The defender joined his national team despite being injured and Tuttosport reports he tested positive for COVID last week.
The Turin-based paper reports Demiral could return to Turin using a medical flight, similar to the one taken by Cristiano Ronaldo back in October, when the Portuguese star also caught COVID with his national team.
Juventus defender Merih Demiral has tested positive for COVID while on international duty with Turkey, Italian media claim.
The defender joined his national team despite being injured and Tuttosport reports he tested positive for COVID last week.
The Turin-based paper reports Demiral could return to Turin using a medical flight, similar to the one taken by Cristiano Ronaldo back in October, when the Portuguese star also caught COVID with his national team.
La Gazzetta dello Sport confirms Demiral tested positive for COVID, but adds Juventus refused to comment as the player is on international duty at the moment.
Demiral will spend the quarantine period at the J Hotel.
Juventus face Torino in the Derby della Mole on Saturday.
The former Sassuolo defender is the tenth Juventus player to test positive for COVID since the pandemic began. Daniele Rugani, Blaise Matuidi and Paulo Dybala had tested positive in the 2019-20 campaign, while Cristiano Ronaldo, Weston McKennie, Juan Cuadrado, Matthijs De Ligt, Alex Sandro and Rodrigo Bentancur tested positive this term.