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Sead Kolasinac tests positive for coronavirus while on international duty for Bosnia and Herzegovina with Arsenal defender set to self isolate on his return to London and miss Leeds clash

Sead Kolasinac has become the latest player to contract coronavirus during the international break.

The 27-year-old has returned a positive test while on duty with the national side, and is now heading back to London for a period of isolation.

Kolasinac will be unable to join his team-mates in training and is now out of the reckoning this weekend as Arsenal return to Premier League action against Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds United.

Arsenal defender Sead Kolasinac is the latest footballer to contract Covid-19

The defender played the full 90 minutes of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 3-1 defeat to Holland on Sunday

He becomes the latest in a string of Premier League players to have contracted the virus while away on international duty.