Ireland manager Mick McCarthy in ‘very frightening’ situation
The HinduIreland football manager Mick McCarthy is in self-isolation in London with his wife due to the coronavirus pandemic, describing their situation to the Football Association of Ireland website as “very frightening.” The 61-year-old revealed two nearby neighbours had been diagnosed with the illness provoking him and his wife Fiona to self-isolate. McCarthy is in his second spell as Ireland manager and had been due to take the team to Slovakia for a Euro 2020 playoff first-leg match. “I am back home in Bromley and isolating as two of our near neighbours have been diagnosed with coronavirus and it is now very real and very frightening for us,” McCarthy said in an interview on the website. It is very real now.” The England-born McCarthy, renowned for being a no-nonsense centre back and former captain of Ireland cited the chilling images emanating from the hardest hit of the European countries, Italy.
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