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Manchester City goalkeeper Zack Steffen will make his Premier League debut at Chelsea on Sunday following the Covid-19 outbreak at the Etihad.
City have confirmed that five players will miss the game after testing positive. Although Kyle Walker and Gabriel Jesus are the only confirmed names, Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson has posted on social media that he has been isolating himself.
Steffen, 25, was signed from the Columbus Crew in 2019 and spent last season on loan with Fortuna Dusseldorf, where his appearances were restricted by a knee injury.
He has played four times for City in cup matches this season and has won 18 internationals for the United States, including a clean sheet against Wales in November.
City manager Pep Guardiola said of the Philadelphia-born goalkeeper after his League Cup debut against Bournemouth: “I was calm. I was safe. He gave a good performance. ‘
The city chief, who lost his mother to Covid earlier in the pandemic, says soccer is not the only one to deal with the turmoil.
‘All over the world, people are handling a strange and unusual situation. The best way is to adapt. Sometimes you have to make day-to-day decisions as things happen, ”he said.
Midfielder Ilkay Gundogan, who has had Covid, said: ‘I felt very tired: sore throat; headache. It was difficult to handle, especially in the first few days and then after the fourth or fifth day, I started to feel better day by day.
“Fortunately, he had the doctors and the club close by, so he was not completely alone.”
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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