The president of Serbia has gone to the extraordinary length of threatening to arrest Luka Jovic, a forward for Real Madrid, if he breaks coronavirus quarantine again.
Jovic flew home to Belgrade, Serbia this past week, despite all Real Madrid players being put under isolation after a member of the Real Madrid basketball team tested positive for COVID-19, a strain of the coronavirus.
The player did so with the blessing of the club, and he maintains he tested negative for coronavirus.
Despite that, Jovic was meant to self-quarantine while in Serbia. He … did not do that. Jovic got a ton of backlash from Serbian media when he was seen out and about in the city, despite being meant to be under self-isolation.
Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic spoke out on the issue regarding Jovic, as well as fellow Serbia teammate Nikola Ninkovic, who plays in Italy and was also seen out with Jovic.
“One of them [Ninkovic] is in a hotel and the other [Jovic] is in his apartment” Vucic said in a news conference on Thursday. (Translation via ESPN FC.)
“If either of them leaves those places, they will be arrested. I think the two of them regret what they have done, but I’ll make it clear to them that people’s lives are much more important than their millions. Despite all that, we’re not going to crucify anyone.”
Jovic gave a non-apology for the ages in a story posted to Instagram, saying:
“When I landed in Serbia, I again tested negative for coronavirus. I am very sorry that some people did their job unprofessionally and did not give me the correct instructions on how to behave in self-isolation.”
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