Although at the moment the Caribbean country is not on the red list, in the next few days it could enter, according to reports from the English media. In addition, Jamaican players who are active in the Premier League could not set foot on Mexican soil, a nation that is on that list
The Jamaica National Team will debut at the CONCACAF Playoffs heading to Qatar World Cup 2022 against Mexico and Theodore Whitmore, coach of the ‘Reggae Boyz’, would not have important footballers who are active in the Premier League.
This Tuesday, the English championship reported on social networks that as part of the sanitary measures, all Premier League clubs decided “unanimously” not to give up their players for the international commitments that will be played in countries that are on the red list. from the British authorities. The government tells all its residents that they should not travel to these countries due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 and those arriving from those destinations have to undergo a mandatory quarantine.
Mexico is on the red list of the UK authorities, so Jamaican footballers who are active in the Premier League like Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), Michail Antonio (West Ham), Andre Gray (Watford) and Ethan Pinnock (Brentford FC) will not be able to be present in Mexican territory in the clash that Jamaica will play against Tri on September 2.
According to the official website of the Government of the United Kingdom, Jamaica is currently in the amber category, so it is a country to which residents of Great Britain can travel, but must present a negative test for COVID-19 before re-entering English territory. However, Jamaica could enter the red list of the British authorities in the next few days, according to a report by the newspaper ‘Independent’ in Spanish.
After facing Mexico, Jamaica will be local before Panama and will travel to Costa Rica, a country that is currently on the UK red list.
What’s more, Jamaica It has several players who play in the lower divisions of England such as: Dillon Barnes (Queens Park Rangers), Liam Moore (Reading FC). Michael Hector (Fulham), Bobby Reid (Fulham), Ravel Morrison (Derby County), Jordan Cousins (Wigan Athletic), among others, and it is unknown if these players, if considered Theodore Whitmore, they could travel to play the Playoffs.
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