African Players Escape as 16 European Players Test Positive of Covid-19

No African player has so far tested positive of the rampaging covid-19 firming its roots first in China, then Italy to rest of the world.

The sole African player initially reported to have gotten infected was Gambia’s Omar Colley who came out to deny the allegations.

It turned out Sampdoria had wanted to block him from jetting down in Banjul where he and rest of his Scorpion teammates had been scheduled to camp before taking off for the AFCON qualifier with Gabon.

Sampdoria are yet to eat the humble pie for this move and when they offered to comment on this gaffe, it was to insist they won’t be releasing any further details about the condition of their affected players.

The Blues of the Serie A are the most affected team with five of their players in self-isolation and recovering.

Below is a list of players who tested positive of the coronavirus.

Daniele Rugani – Juventus
Germán Pezzella – Fiorentina
Patrick Cutrone – Fiorentina
Manolo Gabbiadini – Sampdoria
Albin Ekdal – Sampdoria
Antonino La Gumina – Sampdoria
Morten Thorsby – Sampdoria
Dusan Vlahovic – Fiorentina
Callum Hudson-Odoi – Chelsea
Jannes Horn – Hannover 96
Timo Hübers – Hannover 96
Suk Hyun-jun – Troyes
Fabio Depaoli – Sampdoria
Ezequiel Garay (Valence)
Eliaquim Mangala (Valencia)
José Luis Gayà (Valencia)