Steaua Bucharest owner bizarrely bans players vaccinated against Covid-19

Johannesburg - In a move that can only be described as ridiculous, Romanian side Steaua Bucharest owner Gigi Becali will no longer allow Covid-19 vaccinated players to represent his team.

Becali makes the bizarre, and unfounded, claim that players who are vaccinated lose their strength.

Supposedly backing up his claim, Becali says that people who are dying in hospitals from Covid-19 are vaccinated and not those who refused the jab.

“You're going to laugh, but I might be right. Those vaccinated lose their strength. That's something scientific,' he said according to Romanian journalist Emanuel Rosu.

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“Haven't you seen it at CFR? With Rapid, the players seemed to be fainting. They slept on the ground. All vaccinated people lose their strength!

“I also see mine, the vaccinated ones. It doesn't affect some, but it does affect those who are older. Haven't you seen [Ciprian] Deac? There is no more storm.”

Becali said that his striker Claudiu Keseru, who has re-signed with the club after six years with Bulgarian club Ludogorets, can no longer play at a high level because he is vaccinated.