Romelu Lukaku recounted an astonishing episode which occurred in the locker room of Inter Milan in January, Tuesday during his participation in a Belgian program on the Vier chain, with the presenter Kat Kerkhofs, wife of Dries Mertens, his teammate with the Belgian selection .
“Everyone was coughing and had a fever”
“We had a week off in December and then we got back to work and I swear that 23 out of 25 players were sick, said the Inter striker. I’m not kidding. On January 26 we played against Cagliari of Radja Nainggolan and after approximately 25 minutes, one of our defenders (it would be Milan Skriniar, replaced after 17 minutes of play and “seized” by the club), had to leave the field. couldn’t continue and almost passed out. Everyone was coughing and had a fever. When I warmed up, I was much warmer than usual. I hadn’t had a fever for years. “
“After the game, there was a dinner scheduled with Puma guests, but I thanked them and went to bed straight away,” he added. “We never did the Covid-19 tests at the era, so we’ll never know if that was it. “
Without certainty, the Covid-19 could have touched Italian football well before the first proven case of a positive player with Juventus defender Daniele Rugani in March. All this therefore remains a guess.
Lukaku returned to Italy at Inter’s request
Lukaku said he was afraid of the virus “for his mom who has diabetes”. The former Manchester United player said he also returned to Italy at the club’s request after spending part of the confinement in Belgium. “Now I’m back in Milan,” he said. “We were allowed to go home for a while, but we were quickly called back because the championship could start again. Diego Godin took three flights to join Uruguay and after a few days he returned to Italy. We were all a little worried about the return, we were afraid of having to face two weeks of quarantine. “
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