Covid-19: Senegalese player Sadio Mané tested positive and quarantined

Sadio Mané with Liverpool in the match against Chelsea on September 20, 2020. REUTERS / Michael Regan

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Sadio Mané, Senegalese striker from Liverpool, tested positive for coronavirus on Friday 02 October.

The captain of the Senegal Lions will certainly miss the international friendly matches against Morocco and Mauritania.

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It's a first stop after a good start to the season which has already seen him score three goals in three matches.

Sadio Mané will be forced to ease off after testing positive for Covid-19.

It is his club which announced it this Friday, October 2 in a press release.

The day before a second test had confirmed the first positive test that Mané had carried out on Tuesday.

The fourth in the last Ballon d'Or has already withdrawn from Sunday's league game against Aston Villa.

He will probably be absent with Senegal for international friendlies against Morocco in Rabat (October 9) and Mauritania in Thiès (October 13).

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Sadio Mané has some mild symptoms of the virus but feels generally healthy, say the Reds.

The player confirmed on his Instagram account:

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However, the African Player of the Year was placed in quarantine according to the health protocols in force in the Premier League, that is to say ten days.

The Premier League announced on Monday that 10 players or members of the management of its 20 clubs had tested positive for Covid-19 last week, the highest number of cases of infections since the testing program became systematic , last May.

Sadio Mane has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently self-isolating according to the necessary guidelines.

  Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 2, 2020

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