Nottingham Forest and Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis has tested positive for coronavirus.

Marinakis, 52, was at the City Ground for Forest's Championship fixture against Millwall on Friday.

Olympiakos are due to host Wolves in the Europa League on Thursday, although the BBC understands Wolves have asked for the game to be postponed.

"Mr Marinakis was diagnosed after showing the first symptoms on his return to Greece," said Forest.

"During his stay in Nottingham he did not show any symptoms of the virus.

"The club are seeking advice from medical professionals and the relevant governing bodies to ensure the correct measures are taken."

Marinakis had earlier revealed he had been diagnosed with coronavirus on social media platform Instagram.

"The recent virus has 'visited' me and I felt obliged to let the public know," he said. "I feel good as I take all the necessary measures and I discipline to the doctor's instructions."

Millwall, who won Friday's game in Nottingham 3-0, have said that "senior club representatives who came into contact with Mr Marinakis have begun a period of self isolation".

A club spokesman added: "This is purely a precautionary measure and no individual has displayed any symptoms. The club will continue to follow all necessary guidance from the appropriate bodies."

The Lions are due to host Derby County at The Den on Saturday.

It was confirmed on Monday that Wolves' last-16 first-leg match at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium was to be played behind closed doors because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Premier League club had sold 1,000 tickets for the fixture, with full ticket refunds currently being processed.

Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo has said: "If we have to go we will. But we don't agree - we're not happy to go."

The Greek government announced on Sunday that all professional sports events for the next two weeks will be played without spectators, although Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has said that events in Britain are unlikely to be affected by coronavirus in the immediate future.

Forest, who are fifth in the Championship table and scheduled to play Sheffield Wednesday in their next league game on Saturday, have been in contact with the English Football League and discussions are ongoing.

'Nottingham Forest keen not to cause panic'
Forest are waiting for advice from health officials before taking any further action.

They say Marinakis was showing no symptoms of the virus while he was in Nottingham, which may reassure members of the public who might have come into contact with him on Friday.

It is not yet clear how many staff members or players he came into direct contact with but, as you would expect, the club is being bombarded with questions about how this might affect Saturday's game against Sheffield Wednesday or future matches.

The genuine answer at the moment is that nobody knows, because they are awaiting medical advice. Once that advice is received, I would expect Forest to follow it to the letter, whatever the consequences regarding football.

At this stage, though, any speculation would be just that, and Forest are keen that they are not seen to cause panic or to be scare-mongering.

Marinakis was also in attendance at Emirates Stadium in late February when Olympiakos beat Arsenal in the previous round of the Europa League.

An Arsenal statement read: "Our home match with Olympiakos in the Europa League was played on Thursday, 27 February and none of our staff who came into contact with Mr Marinakis on that matchday have reported any symptoms since.

"We continue to follow strict protocols with regard to coronavirus. We're following the government health guidelines and have additional procedures in place to protect our players and staff. This has included regular deep cleaning of areas used by players at Emirates Stadium and our training centre."

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OP your signature speaks volume of what we all need at this point in time

Anyway, best wishes to all suffering from the Corona virus disease

Aye o

Damnnnnn niggarrr

What a pity

It is well o
Old people at risk
God help us o

Na only old men this thing dey fire. This is starting to look like a depopulation scheme why is it only old cargoes.

Such a shame... I really hope God sees him and his family through this trying times...
This Coronavirus respects no one sha,still wondering when it will get to the turn of that herdsman at Aso Rock

Chaiiii

Since it attacks mainly the elderly, can we beckon on coronavirus to do a JK Rawlings for us in our political circle

No epl for Liverpool

Eya after waiting for thirty years only to give it up to COVID-19

Someone asked....

Why is Buhari not wasting tax payers money travelling around the world again?....

chai.

It's about time we close our airports make everybody dey one place, this thing is spreading like wildfire but the world is too stubborn to stay in one place.

I strongly believe that all airports are contaminated, guys avoid going to any airport for now.

Meanwhile, Obasanjo was right after all, how can dey say they use Amala and Ewedu to cure the Italian man.

Just take precaution & mind your business.

Nothing shall happen to you!

na wa o.
this shit is getting more serious.
our govt has tried to curb dis virus sha, make we talk true.
and some ediots are calling it audio virus becos d tin no spread all ova naija as dey wanted. u see dem celebrating d italian case d first day e happen. saying let us see wetin pmb go do, as gej do during ebola. dem foolish pigs dem. dem must politicized everything.

China gets tired of taking of their government, so they invented a virus to eliminate them....

Government of this world

This convid should still this play play at are not interested here in naija, this got to stop

When is our Darling president going to travel again na to have economic talks with countries like italy, france, china etc.

Or even medical checkup and rest...abi him no dey do those ones again

Ausrichie:
Na only old men this thing dey fire. This is starting to look like a depopulation scheme why is it only old cargoes.

Hhmmm... Naija una must find something talk, anything to play with people's heads.

This coronavirus no get respect.

ZombiePUNISHER:
Someone asked....

Why is Buhari not wasting tax payers money travelling around the world again?....

Baba dey rest

Lol

How about they stop all these events

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Baba dey rest

Lol

Such wickedness

All is well

Oh shit.

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Interesting

what is interesting?

Civilized country. If it was in Nigeria, u go use Billon's buy forest, Fulani herdsmen go enter tumble everywhere, if u protest them beat u join, if u beat them back them come back for u tumble everywhere.

wtf?sad one for football Mbappe has been tested also but....

Serious