A big blow Barcelona ahead of highly anticipated Champions League knockout clash against Bayer Munich, as one of the squad member of Catalan Club has tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

Confirming the news, the club said that the players, whose identity was not revealed, has not been in contact with any of the squad that are competing in the Champions League.

Barcelona conducted coronavirus tests on Tuesday on nine players - Pedri, Trincao, Matheus Fernandes, Jean-Clair Todibo, Moussa Wague, Carles Alena, Rafinha, Juan Miranda and Oriol Busquets - who are due to return for pre-season training on Wednesday.

One of the nine - who has not been named - returned a positive test. The club say he is asymptomatic and is quarantining at home.

The competition is being concluded with a mini-tournament in Portugal after being postponed at the last-16 stage in March by the pandemic.