Togolese forward Emmanuel Adebayor is stuck in quarantine in Benin amid the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

His Paraguayan club Olimpia said on social media that the 36-year-old “took the decision to return to his country for the duration of the quarantine period declared by the government.”

However, in trying to return home he was put in quarantine in a hotel in the port of Cotonou, the largest city in Benin, alongside another 84 travelers, Olimpia said.

Adebayor’s attempted to make the trip back home from Paraguay in order to spend this time with his family.

Paraguay is in partial shutdown and has imposed a nighttime curfew because of the pandemic.

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