The Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul Niguez on Saturday enjoyed his times while in a coronavirus quarantine. He talked a lot about the social impact of the coronavirus outbreak so far.
“It was the second or maybe the third day of the quarantine and I was talking to my agent on the phone, watching the news: China, Italy, here…” Saul said.
“I was watching that and thinking about friends and family and the people who are being hit hard. Some of them couldn’t go to work. Some of them had to, event if that’s irresponsible: they’re at risk of getting ill or spending the virus.
“There were people losing their jobs, people who are going to have a bad time of it. Health come first, but there’s more too, and the need to get back to normal when we come out of this, which is going to be a long time, and I said to him: Let’s help them. He said: ‘It’s not as simple as that.’” Saul added.
The coronavirus outbreak is causing massive disruption to the world, travel is banned and people practice “social distancing”, avoiding everything from sports events, press conferences, restaurants, retail outlets and many more.
“There are so many people, working day and night on top of their actual jobs, which they’re all doing from home now: replying to emails, contacting people and business, setting things up, handling the logistics, people who know. I’m so grateful to them.” Saul said.
“The aim is to help small business and health workers who are doing hours and hours and hours for everyone else, because they’re especially affected by this and the sooner we can get back to some sort of normality the better for everyone.” he added.
Saul remains one of Diego Simeone’s most important players alongside his team-mates Koke and Jan Oblak. He is wanted by both Manchester City and United, and his contract impasse could pave the way for a transfer battle.
