The Ecuadorian was speaking to journalist Sebastian Decker on Instagram Live and covered a range of topics, including how he has been coping during his period of self-isolation as well as overcoming coronavirus.
On testing positive for covid-19
“I was diagnosed two or three weeks ago. Thank God, I’m feeling fine today. I guess that all my family got the virus since we were all together in my house [in Wolverhampton]. First to get sick was my brother, then my mum, and then me. My dad and my sisters were also with us.
“I spoke to the club doctor and he told us to keep calm and to stay at home for two weeks. We did it for 16 days and then my dad and my sisters got the 'all clear' to go back to Ecuador.
“My mum was also fine, and she was supposed to go back too, but then they cancelled her flight, so I guess she’s going to stay [here in England] with my brother and me for another month or so.”
On coping with self-isolation
“At the beginning when I had the virus I was locked up and it was hard, but not impossible. But now, the club has put us on a list so that we train one at a time at the training ground.
“They send us a training plan and it is almost always my turn at 11. I finish and I return home and that way we avoid contact.
“At home I help my mum a little in the kitchen and I play the PlayStation with my brother. I always beat him.”
