The 'ridiculous' cost Peterborough had to pay for coronavirus kits as Portsmouth await delivery of test equipment

That’s after it emerged two of the Posh’s players are currently in self-isolation.

Club chairman Darragh MacAnthony confirmed the move as frustrations grew over a lack of information on offer.

Peterborough are now expected to receive the kits on Monday – the same day Pompey could to carry out tests, after players and staff were sent home from their Roko training base on Friday.

The move was taken after Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta tested positive for Covid-19.

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He was present at Fratton Park on Monday, March 2, when the Gunners beat the Blues in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Kenny Jackett told The News on Thursday that no Pompey player had shown symptoms of the virus.

But all staff were allowed to return home before 10am the next day as a precautionary measure ahead of the required testing.

It’s not clear if Pompey themselves have had to fork out huge sums for testing kits to be delivered.

Nevertheless, MacAnthony said it was something he was prepared to do despite the ‘ridiculous’ cost.

Speaking via his YouTube channel, he said: ‘It’s been a very frustrating 24 hours because of the lack of information on testing.

‘The players we have self-isolating rang 111 and were just told to stay at home. There was no advice offered on how to get tested.

‘This isn’t good enough. We have some highly-paid athletes who need to keep fit and they are due back in training next week so we need to know it’s safe for them and the staff. We can’t take the chance of anyone affected passing the virus on.

‘Myself and my CEO (Bob Symns) spent yesterday ringing clubs who have been affected like Chelsea, Arsenal and Millwall for advice.

‘We rang our own doctors and our own private medical insurance with no joy.

‘We eventually tracked down a private medical company who could supply us with testing kits at a ridiculous £150 each, so we’ve splashed out £6k on those.

‘They won’t arrive until Monday and then it will be 48 hours before the results of the tests are known, but at least we can then make plans for the rest of the season.’

MacAnthony added talk of cancelling the 2019-20 season altogether had to stop, insisting there would be lawsuits if should action was taken.

‘It’s possible clubs and players will have to have a mini pre-season to be ready for when the league resumes and it has to resume at some stage,’ he said.

‘All this talk of cancelling the leagues has to stop. People need to calm down. There will be plenty of time to complete the leagues when this all dies down.

‘If the leagues are cancelled there will be a multitude of lawsuits.

‘In the meantime the UK Government need to pull their fingers out re testing.

‘They need to follow the lead of the USA who are having drive-through testing clinics where you can take the test sitting in your car and the results are known within 24 hours.’