Crystal Palace goalkeeper Jack Butland has tested positive for coronavirus.
Butland is self-isolating in a London hotel.
The news comes just one day before the Eagles travel to Fulham in the Premier League.
Boss Roy Hodgson confirmed the diagnosis this afternoon according to TeamTalk:
“It’s very unfortunate with Wayne Hennessey picking up such a serious injury in the last international break.
“It was extremely unkind to us, I have to say. So we were forced to act because we know he will be out until January.
“We don’t know then what the future will hold for him. We needed to bring someone in.
“Our misfortune continued because no sooner had Jack come and signed than he tested positive for coronavirus. So we haven’t seen him because he has to self isolate.
“Like Jordan Ayew, he is stuck in a hotel room in London, a very boring existence, I can only imagine, waiting for the magical period of time you have to self isolate for to pass to take another test, hopefully he will be clear.
“And then I can answer about what it is like to have him with us. At the moment he is with us from afar.”
Palace just signed the 27-year-old last week, but they’re going to have to wait a fortnight to see him in action.
