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Gnabry out of Bayern Champions League opener after positive Covid-19 test

Bayern Munich star Serge Gnabry will be forced to miss the first match of his side's Champions League defence after returning a positive test for coronavirus.

Gnabry started for Bayern at the weekend, playing just over an hour of their 4-1 Bundesliga thrashing of Arminia Bielefeld on Saturday.

But the 25-year-old subsequently tested positive for the pandemic disease and will not be available for the Bavarians' Champions League Group A clash at home to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.

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"Serge Gnabry, 25, has tested positive for COVID-19," Bayern confirmed in a statement published on the club's official website.