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The FC Basel players will not travel to the training camp in Dubai. The association cancels the camp.
Then it was decided to call off the trip.
(Claudio Thoma / freshfocus)
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The association is now examining further options.
At short notice, FC Basel canceled the trip to Dubai.
FCB would have held the winter training camp in the desert city.
The reason for the cancellation is the development of the corona pandemic.
FCB will not spend their training camp in Dubai. The club announced this in a message on Monday. It is a very short-term decision. “The FCB training camp delegation was already at the airport in Zurich when a further assessment of the situation and weighing up all the circumstances led to the decision not to travel to Dubai,” said the Basler.
The reason for the cancellation is the general pandemic development in the past few days. The sharp increase in the number of cases in the United Arab Emirates also represents “too great an uncertainty about a good and well-organized training camp” for FCB.
Three positive corona tests
In preparation for the trip to Dubai, the FCB’s training camp delegation of around 60 people tested positive for three people who were close to the 1st team. However, the cancellation of the Dubai trip would have nothing to do with the three positive tests. The three FCB exponents are isolated at home and would not have flown anyway.
The FCB is preparing for the second half of the season in Basel for the time being, but will examine alternatives in the next few days. Players who are currently in Dubai due to vacation or a direct journey will also come back to Basel as soon as possible.
Fans criticized training camp
On Saturday, FCB media spokesman Simon Walter said on request from 20 Minuten: “Of course, FC Basel is also monitoring the pandemic very closely. The FCB protection concepts, which have been in force since the beginning of the pandemic and which have been adapted to the current situation, are still valid. “
The Basler training camp in Dubai was heavily criticized by the fans. The human rights situation in the United Arab Emirates was named as the reason. The club hardly had to pay anything for the camp. You received an invitation from an Egyptian media company. Even before the turn of the year it became known that the other two invited teams would not travel to Dubai.
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