Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted he missed hugging and physical contact after being struck down by coronavirus. The Spanish boss tested positive for the virus on March 12 but has since recovered after self-isolating.
Arteta reported feeling unwell after it was confirmed Evangelos Marinakis - the owner of Greek side Olympiakos, who played Arsenal in the Europa League in February - had coronavirus a couple of days earlier. “We are in a world here where everything is social media, everything is a WhatsApp text,” he told the Arsenal website when opening up on his recovery. “But how important is touching each other, feeling each other and hugging each other? "I miss that with a lot of the people I love.
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