Oshoala Contracts COVID-19
For the team’s pre-season encounter against Elche on August 4, new Barcelona coach Jonatan Giráldez will be without Nigerian forward Asisat Oshoala.
The captain of the Super Falcons was left out of Barcelona’s women’s training camp in Algorfa, where the team will spend ten days preparing for the upcoming season.
Despite not being included among the 23 players traveling for the friendly encounter in Alicante, the European champions were silent on the whereabouts of their star striker when naming the roster for the match.
Meanwhile, a Catalan daily sports newspaper, based in Barcelona, L’Esportiu, has revealed that the four-time African Women’s Footballer of The Year missed the party due to COVID-19.
“Asisat Oshoala is the infected COVID-19 Barça footballer,” the website stated.
“The player did not authorise the club to give information about her situation and therefore it had not transpired who the affected player was, but her identity has been revealed when the list of the 23 called up for the preseason was made official.
“Ingrid Engen has not travelled due to a quadriceps injury to her right thigh and Andrea Pereira and Cata Coll, also with physical discomfort, have not been included in the list either, but are expected to join the squad later. This will not be the case for Oshoala, who will miss the entire stay because she has to be isolated in her home.
“Oshoala’s positive case was detected by the club on Monday, on Barça’s first day of work after the holidays. The player has been isolated ever since.”
