LIVERPOOL – Liverpool captain Sophie Bradley-Auckland will not be returning to the squad for the time being as she helps her family run their care home amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the club said on Sunday.
Defender Bradley-Auckland, named the club’s player of the year last year, is also the manager of Edenhurst care home in Nottingham, a business run by her family for generations. "Unfortunately with the current situation it's made me have to make a decision. The fact is that I can't return to Liverpool until a risk isn't posed on the care home,"“We’ve got 24 people to look after but now we’ve got 24 very vulnerable people because of the virus, which is spreading very quickly. The people we look after, it would be very dangerous if any of them were to catch it.
Bradley-Auckland said the care home has remained Covid-free with all staff members and residents testing negative.has confirmed that she will not be returning to duty with the Reds for now, while sharing an insight into her life away from the pitch as a key worker during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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