Arias trains at home waiting to join the group

Santiago Arias (28 years old) is having a difficult start to the course. The Athletic is looking for an outlet to get income with which to reinforce the positions that are less covered. There are currently three players in the right-back demarcation (Trippier, Vrsaljko and himself) and one of them has to go. The Colombian seems to be the most requested, since teams like Everton or Benfica have knocked on his door to intern recruit him.

At the moment he continues to belong to the rojiblanca discipline and, as such, He had to join the preseason of Simeone's after the holidays, which began on the 4th at Cerro del Espino. The previous day, the players were summoned to carry out medical examinations and PCR tests to see if any of them were infected with coronavirus. That day neither Diego Costa nor Arias attended the tests and the club issued a statement announcing that both had tested on their own during the holidays and had tested positive.

Although both the Hispanic-Brazilian and the coffee grower are asymptomatic, they have to quarantine and isolate themselves in their homes until they test negative. Thus, They have not been able to join their teammates in the first days of training or travel to Los Angeles de San Rafael for the week-long concentration that the colchoneros will carry out. While they wait to be available for the Cholo, they train at home to get fit and not start at a great disadvantage with respect to the rest of the group. Arias has published a story on Instagram in which he appears running on a static tape in the garden of his house and includes two messages in which he states that he is “wanting to return to training with the team“And ensures that”I'm fine. Thanks to all who have sent me their good wishes !!”.