FURIOUS Arsenal chiefs have been warned Kieran Tierney will NOT get special treatment after being ordered to self-isolate for 14 days.
The Gunners left-back, 23, must quarantine in Scotland in the wake of international team-mate Stuart Armstrong testing positive for coronavirus.
Kieran Tierney is having to self-isolate after being caught in a Scottish national team Covid-19 caseCredit: Getty Images – Getty
Jason Leitch, who serves as National Clinical Director of the Scottish Government, is refusing to step in for the Arsenal manCredit: Andrew Barr – The Sun Glasgow
Emirates bosses demanded a Government probe and wanted their £25million full-back whisked back to London in a private car after he tested negative.
But Scotland health boss Jason Leitch insists the correct protocols have been observed and Tierney MUST serve his 14 days as footballers are not treated any differently to the general public.
He told Radio Clyde: “I cannot intervene. That’s exactly how the process should work.
“The health protection team treats footballers the way it treats workers in call centres or you or me.
“We phone up the positive case, we ask the positive case their history, where they’ve been for two days prior to their symptoms beginning.
“That’s sometimes very straightforward — but sometimes, particularly in football, more complex.”
Tierney and Celtic star Ryan Christie were told to quarantine as ‘close contacts’ of Southampton midfielder Armstrong after they all played video games in a hotel room.
Tierney insists he has followed social-distancing rules.
But he will also miss Arsenal’s crunch Premier League trip to Manchester City on October 17.
Furious Arsenal argue Tierney passed three tests in the last week.
They also say he has been in a secure bubble at the club and previous tests show Tierney possesses antibodies which suggest he has already recovered from Covid-19.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
