Wayne Rooney gets emergency COVID-19 test after infected friend visits Derby captain’s house ahead of Watford match

Wayne Rooney has reportedly been forced to take an emergency coronavirus test after being visited by an infected friend at his home last week.

The Sun claim entrepreneur Josh Bardsley presented the former England captain, who is now a player/coach at Derby, with a luxury watch at his mansion last Thursday.

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Rooney was reportedly ‘incensed’ after the revelations emerged

Bardsley, 21, had already taken a test, and therefore should have been self-isolating. His test later came back positive.

Rooney, married with four children, was unaware of any COVID-related matters connected with Bardsley, and played in Derby’s 1-0 home loss to Watford a day after the pair met on Friday evening.

Government guidelines say anyone who has been in contact with a person who has tested positive must self-isolate for 14 days.

It is now likely that, at the least, the Derby and Watford squads along with their support staff will be forced to take tests. Rooney has already indicated he will take a test.

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A statement from Rooney’s management said the 34-year-old was ‘angry and disappointed’ by Bardsley’s actions.

“It was only today [Saturday] following media approaches and his own investigations that Wayne became aware that Josh had been contacted by Track and Trace before the visit and should not have come to his house,” the statement, printed in The Sun, said.

“Wayne also today discovered that Josh had subsequently tested positive for COVID-19.

“Had he known either that Josh had been contacted by track and trace or had tested positive he would have refused to have seen him.”

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Rooney played the full 90 minutes as Derby lost to Watford on Friday

The statement said Rooney would also have told his club ‘immediately’ had he known he had been in contact with ‘anyone suspected of having the virus’.

“Wayne is angry and disappointed that he, his family and his club have been put in this position by someone acting secretly and in breach of Government and NHS guidelines.

“He is now taking a coronavirus test as a result of his contact with Josh,” the statement added.

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