SAINTS boss Ralph Hasenhuttl feels it is “nonsense” for players like Japan midfielder Takumi Minamino to be flying across the globe for international fixtures during a pandemic.
Ralph Hasenhuttl said: “I expect that (Minamino’s trip) to happen, although there are some big journeys and long travels there, which I do not like to see, but it is how it is, and a few more players are going also. To be honest, when you see how difficult travelling is at the moment, what loops they have to jump through when coming back to be available for us again, this is for me a little bit nonsense. We are not allowed to leave the country for any reason, and then they are flying all over the world in such a pandemic, I cannot see a reason why you should do this. But it is like it is, and we have to accept it. I can only accept it if then the players are after available for us and our game, this is hopefully the fact.”
