KNVB allow PSV-Ajax to continue despite Lucas Perez’s tuberculosis diagnosis | OneFootball

As per De Telegraaf, PSV’s clash with Ajax next Sunday will go ahead despite the discovery of tuberculosis in Lucas Perez. “We have spoken to both clubs and there is no reason to assume that the match will not go ahead,” the KNVB announced today, as the GGD (Public Health Service) expects research results by the end of the week.

The football association contacted PSV to inquire about the situation at the club after the Eredivisie’s second-placed club announced on Monday that ‘a player from the first team’ had been infected with tuberculosis. That player turned out to be 36-year-old Spaniard Lucas Pérez, who has only been with PSV for a month.

GGD expects research results by the end of the week

PSV has started a source and contact investigation together with the GGD Brabant-Zuidoost. The results are expected to be known at the end of the week. A PSV spokesperson reiterated that there are no indications that people in the vicinity of the infected player are infected. The club weren’t initially disclosing the name of the player for privacy reasons, yet after De Telegraaf revealed his identity, it has been made clear that Pérez is doing well under the circumstances.

PSV brought Pérez to Eindhoven at the end of February as a replacement for the injured American Ricardo Pepi. The striker previously played for Deportivo La Coruña and in the past for Cádiz, Elche, Deportivo Alavés, West Ham United and Arsenal. It is not yet known how long the player will be out of action and whether he will be able to play for PSV this season.

GBeNeFN | Max Bradfield