SHANE DUFFY has reacted to the news his Ireland team-mates are now in self-isolation after more positive tests were found in the Ireland camp.
There was an anxious moment on Sunday when the news broke and many Celtic fans were beginning to think Shane was one of the four who had to isolate or the person who had contracted the virus.
Luckily, for now, the Irishman is negative and we hope it stays that way as we enter Glasgow Derby week.
Speaking about the positive tests, the Ireland captain called it ‘an experience’ when he spoke to RTE.
“It’s been an experience I’d say. I don’t know what to say about it really, there’s something new every day so it’s just about adapting and trying to do our best. No-one knows what’s happening and it’s just getting thrown on us every day – something different – so we’ve just got to keep adapting. This is probably the year we’re in.
“We’ve got good medical staff here, we’ve got the best so we’ve got to trust them. It’s all over the world, we can’t do nothing about it. We’ve just got to be careful, do all the right things and obviously try to social distance. I know it’s quite difficult and people are getting ruled out with their close contacts, it’s very unfortunate.
“It’s hard because no-one knows what’s happening. There’s nothing even wrong with the players but they’re getting ruled out so it’s quite frustrating, but they’re the rules and we’ve got to adapt.”
Duffy will be a stick-on to start the derby on Saturday but we just don’t know who we’ll have available on the day to play at the moment.
We appear to be dropping like flies with Elhamed seemingly the next one to bow out of the game due to COVID-19; we’re awaiting his test result.
This will be Shane’s first Glasgow Derby as a player but he knows all about the tie being a die-hard Celtic fan all his life. It won’t be like anything he’s seen on TV or from the stands with the game played behind closed doors.
