Daniele De Rossi: Former Roma midfielder in hospital after testing positive for Covid-19

The former AS Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi, who is fourth on Italy's all-time appearance list having played 117 times for the Azzurri, tested positive along with three other staff and several players in the national camp during the international break. Sky report he is in hospital as a precautionary measure.

Former Italy captain and the national team's technical coach Daniele De Rossi has been hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19 during last month's World Cup qualifiers, Sky Italy reported on Friday.

Sky reported De Rossi, 37, is under observation at the Roman Institute for Infectious Diseases as a precaution.

The players who tested positive are Federico Bernardeschi, Leonardo Bonucci, Alessio Cragno, Vincenzo Grifo, Alessandro Florenzi, Marco Verratti, Matteo Pessina and Salvatore Sirigu.

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