The Aston Villa player did not want to get out of the car for training for fear of contracting Covid-19, coach Steven Gerrard said yesterday, who shared fears that anxiety and panic could overtake football players (and not only) in the current situation. circumstances of the increase in the number of infected.
“This week we had a situation where one of our players hesitated to get out of the car because he had symptoms. [de Covid-19] and there is a young family. We perfectly understand what he thought about the situation, ”said the former English national team player, who did not reveal the identity of the athlete.
“He is a boy from a young family, Christmas time and the situation we all know. Nobody wants to get a virus. We all want to protect our families. This is our job, but the priority is to protect our families. Obviously, this is how it should be, ”he added.
Gerrard said that the specified player was persuaded to get out of the car, tested, he was not infected, but did not train. And he lamented that “it’s these little situations that people don’t see” are part of the day-to-day affairs of the teams. Aston Villa is one of the clubs affected by Covid-19. On Saturday, the match against Burnley in Birmingham was canceled two hours before the start of the match due to better known infections.
English clubs and the Premier League have decided to keep the tight schedule until early next year.
