Scotland games put off after quarantine breaches
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Celtic and Aberdeen鈥檚 next two Scottish Premiership matches have been postponed after their players broke quarantine rules, the Scottish Professional Football League said yesterday.
Scotland鈥檚 First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanded the cancellation after Celtic defender Boli Bolingoli played in a 1-1 draw at Kilmarnock on Sunday without quarantining after returning from Spain 鈥 where he had travelled without informing the club.
Bolingoli鈥檚 breach of rules comes just days after Aberdeen鈥檚 trip to St Johnstone was called off due to two of its players testing positive for COVID-19, with six others self-isolating.
鈥淭hese matches have been postponed in light of ongoing restrictions in Aberdeen and today鈥檚 news of a breach of government public health guidance and football protocols involving the Celtic FC player, Boli Bolingoli,鈥 the SPFL said in a statement.
Celtic was scheduled to visit St Mirren today, while Aberdeen was due to face Hamilton. Celtic was also scheduled to host Aberdeen on Saturday.
Sturgeon said the incident involving Bolingoli was a 鈥渇lagrant breach鈥 of the guidelines.
鈥淲hat I regret is some football players seem incapable of living up to their responsibilities,鈥 she said.
鈥淎t a minimum, you should not be expecting to see Aberdeen or Celtic play over the course of the coming week and we鈥檒l set out conclusions beyond that.
鈥淐onsider today the yellow card; the next time, it will be the red card.鈥
Bolingoli has apologized for his actions but Scottish champion Celtic has promised an investigation after condemning the 鈥渟tupidity鈥 of the player鈥檚 actions.
鈥淚t鈥檚 difficult to imagine a more irresponsible action in current circumstances and we find it beyond explanation,鈥 the club said in a statement.
鈥淐eltic are in touch with every SPFL club today, and with all relevant authorities, to apologize for the fact that one of our employees has created so much additional difficulty through his actions.鈥
The club said that its entire playing and backroom staff had been tested twice for the novel coronavirus since the incident and all, including Bolingoli, had tested negative.
鈥淲hile this comes as a relief to all concerned, it in no way diminishes the seriousness or stupidity of the player鈥檚 actions,鈥 Celtic said.
Celtic manager Neil Lennon said he was 鈥渁bsolutely livid鈥 at what he called 鈥渁 total betrayal of trust.鈥
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