Three unnamed Leicester City first-team players showing symptoms of coronavirus have been isolated triggering fears among Nigerian football fans about the state of health of Super Eagles duo of Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho.
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Leicester manager, Brendan Rodgers broke the news of the players’ isolation after exhibiting signs of infected with the pandemic diseases.
“We had a few players that have shown symptoms and signs,” Rodgers said
Later the side released a statement saying: “In recent days, all three players presented with extremely mild illness and were advised by club medical staff, consistent with current government guidance.
“All three players were subsequently advised by NHS 111 that their symptoms were consistent with common seasonal illness and that a seven-day period of self-isolation was appropriate as a precaution. There was no recommendation that further testing would be necessary. The club is in regular contact with the relevant players, whose symptoms remain mild and self-manageable.”
Ndidi and Iheanacho are an integral part of the former Premiership champion and the unfortunate news coming out the Foxes is causing panic in the Nigerian sports circle as fans hope the sick players are not duo.
Meanwhile, Callum Hudson-Odoi of Chelsea became the first Premier League player confirmed to have the disease.
“Chelsea men’s team player Callum Hudson-Odoi had a positive test result for coronavirus returned this evening. Chelsea personnel who had recent close contact with the player in the men’s team building will now self-isolate in line with government health guidelines.
“These will include initially the full men’s team squad, coaching staff and a number of backroom staff,” a statement from the club said.
The Premier League will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to determine measures to be taken to tackle the spread of the pandemic disease.
