Ban on football and staying fit; what Ghanaian clubs can learn from Arsenal, Chelsea

Across the world, football clubs have taken steps to ensure their priced assets – footballers- are well protected from the Coronavirus pandemic.

In Italy and Spain where the virus has hit really hard, quite a number of players and club staff have been infected. All the affected persons have been quarantined and receiving treatment.

In the English Premier League, which is currently on hold a handful of players and coaches have tested positive of the virus.

Notably among them is Arsenal’s head coach Mikel Arteta and Chelsea winger Calum Hudson-Odoi.

With all of their players in self-isolation, Arsenal and Chelsea have supplied them with mobile gyms to help them keep fit and also strengthen their immune systems which per experts advice is key in fighting the virus.

Here in Ghana, all sporting activities including the Ghana Premier League are on hold following a directive by the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for all public gatherings with numbers surpassing twenty-five to be postponed.

While club’s like Hearts of Oak and Ebusua Dwarfs have defied the order to still hold training sessions, Asante Kotoko, Medeama, Aduana Stars and others have given their players weeks of breaks.

For Kotoko, all players will undergo special tests before leaving the team’s training base.

Ghanaian clubs can emulate the innovation of the foreign clubs by giving their players bikes, treadmills and bench presses.