"I could hardly walk", it was hard "to breathe and I had no real appetite" - Brendan Rogers recounts his coronavirus ordeal
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| Brendan Rogers. A Northern Irish professional former footballer and football manager. Rogers is the current manager of English Premier League club Leicester City. In the Photo, Brendan Rogers at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England. Photo: JamesWilliamson-AMA/Getty |
Rodgers is the second Premier League manager to confirm he has had Covid-19,
with Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta also testing positive in March. .
The 47-year-old says he suffered with "breathlessness" before fully recovering from the virus.
"I could hardly walk and it reminded me of walking up Mount Kilimanjaro," he told BBC Radio Leicester.
"For three weeks I had no smell or taste. I had no strength, and a week after, my wife was the same. We were tested and both of us were detected with the virus."
Rodgers climbed Kilimanjaro in aid of charity in 2011.
"It reminded me of when I climbed Kilimanjaro. The higher you went the more you suffered with acclimatisation and the harder it was to breathe," he added.
"I remember trying to run for the first time [after becoming ill] and it was hard to go 10 yards. I had no real appetite and it was a weird sensation of eating food without ever tasting and smelling what it was.
"It has made me really appreciate being fit and healthy."
BBCSport
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