Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane will play no part in their Champions League quarter-final clash against Liverpool on Tuesday night after testing positive for Coronavirus.
The LaLiga outfit revealed the news less than 24 hours before kick-off at the Bernabeu. Varane took part in a training session to prepare for the European encounter on Monday.
Varane's omission will be a huge blow to Zinedine Zidane's side ahead of the first-leg showdown with the Premier League champions.
'Real Madrid CF informs that our player Raphael Varane tested positive in the Covid-19 test he underwent this morning,' a statement on their official website read on Tuesday.