K League<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and Germany’s Bundesliga.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVissel Kobe and Spanish World Cup winning midfielder, Andres Iniesta, said: “I’m happy to hear we are resuming. These are peculiar circumstances, but I’m happy to be able to play games.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The league is expected to conduct polymerase chain reaction or PCR tests on all players before the restart and plans to re-test them on two-week intervals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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