Brendan Rodgers said being in the grip of COVID-19 left him feeling like he was climbing Kilamanjaro. Leicester City boss Rodgers climbed the 19,340 foot Tanzanian mountain back in 2011 when he was Swansea manager.
But the 47-year-old, who prides himself on his physical fitness revealed the terror of realising something was horribly wrong.
He sensed all was not right just over a week after lockdown and then wife Charlotte started to experience symptoms as well. Rodgers said: “I wasn't well and it was detected that I had the virus.
Then my wife had it. The former Celtic and Liverpool boss said he realised something was seriously wrong when he was becoming breathless just walking a few yards.