AS Roma manager Jose Mourinho has directly told Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Mourinho took to Xhaka’s Instagram comments to send him a message after his decision to decline a vaccine.
Xhaka missed Switzerland’s game against Greece on Wednesday after testing positive for COVID-19.
After showing symptoms on the morning of the game, a rapid test returned a negative result before a PCR test confirmed he was infected.
The Swiss football federation’s head of communications later revealed that he had declined an offer to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Adrian Arnold told Blick: “Granit Xhaka was not vaccinated.
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