Leicester City of England duo, Wilfred Onyinyen Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho have both received safety assurances and guarantee that they are not in danger despite a scary surge in coronavirus cases in the community where their club is based, megasportsarena.com reports.
All fans friends and family members of Ndidi and Iheanacho will now feel rest assured and relax, following a declaration by the duo’s coach, Brendan Rodgers affirmed that there is no cause for alarm, and enthused that he is confident all the players will continue to work in a very safe environment.
Rodgers douse all worry amid a spike in coronavirus cases in Leicester, and government officials recommended that lockdown measures should remain in force across the city for an extra two weeks, even as restrictions are set to be eased across the rest of England from Saturday.
Despite the call for caution in the area, Rodgers spoke out boldly to calm the nerve of worry and fear round Ndidi, Iheanacho and their teammates, after a surge in COVID-19 cases in the city led to talk that The Foxes’ remaining matches in the English Premier League, beginning with Crystal Palace on Saturday, could be moved to a neutral venue.
In his smart move to douse rising nerves, The Foxes’ gaffer revealed that the situation round Ndidi Iheanacho and the other players is not alarming, ahead of their trip to face Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday, and ruled out any thought of them being at a disadvantage should their home games be moved away from King Power Stadium.
Rodgers submitted: “Nothing has changed in terms of how we have been working thus far throughout this situation. I have always said we will react accordingly. We have to have agility in this period.
“I think in this moment in time we are in the safest place we can be in terms of our work, the stadium also. It is a very safe environment for the games to be in. We will just keep working until we are told otherwise.”
