SERGIO ROMERO was forced to spend a fortnight quarantined in a hotel while waiting to be tested for coronavirus after flying home to Argentina.
Manchester United’s second-choice stopper, 33, has revealed the ordeal he has faced after deciding to spend the coronavirus lockdown at home in Argentina.
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Sergio Romero has opened up about his nightmare journey home to spend lockdown in Argentina
As well as refusing to move for the duration of his 14-hour flight, Romero was forced to wait in a hotel for two weeks before he could be tested for the killer bug.
On top of that, the Argentine goalkeeper was kept locked up for a further three days while waiting for the result – only to be told he had not contracted the virus.
Only then was Romero allowed to leave the hotel and return to his family.
And now the United star has opened up on the ordeal, saying: “I came back to Argentina on March 22.
“I did my travelling, which was really, really hard, because I went in a car from Manchester to London.
“After that I took a plane from London to Paris. Not many people were in the airport, but all the people were keeping a safe distance from each other.
“All of the people were looking nervous or badly to the other people, because sometimes someone does this [sneezes].
“Maybe they didn’t have anything, but the people looked a bit strange [at them] and took their distance.
“In the plane, I flew Paris to Buenos Aires, 14 hours. I just sit my body in the plan and I don’t move for 14 hours.
“I don’t eat, I don’t go to the toilet, because you never know how is the people.”
HOTEL ALONE
And things didn’t improve on returning home either. Romero continued: “When I arrived in Argentina, I was in a hotel for 14 days in the centre.
“Many people, when we come back from Europe, we need to stay in quarantine alone.
“I stayed for two weeks there and, after two weeks, they did the test in my nose and my mouth and I waited three more days in the hotel.
“After the result is negative, I came to my house with my family.”
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Despite the painstaking process, Romero admitted he knows it was the right thing – while urging fans to stay at home while on lockdown.
The United star said: “The most important thing is to stay at home, stay safe, do the little things for the family, like just going to the supermarket, to the pharmacy.
“Don’t move from the house. This is the most important thing.”
This year has been tough on Romero, who was fortunate to escape unhurt after crashing his £170,000 Lamborghini en route to training in January.
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