Callum Robinson says he won't get vaccinated despite catching Covid-19 TWICE, once in November and again in August.
Robinson, 26, has missed games for Republic of Ireland as a close contact and spoke about his decision to refuse the jab ahead of the next set of international games.
Asked if he had been vaccinated against Covid-19, he replied: "I haven't been vaccinated, no. That's my choice at this moment in time.
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"It's obviously annoying that I've caught it twice but I haven't been vaccinated. Further down the line I could change my mind and want to do it, but at this moment in time I haven't been vaccinated, no."
Pressed on why he has refused the vaccination, he said it's his personal choice: "I just haven't, I just haven't done it.
"I think it's your personal choice and my choice at this moment in time, I haven't been vaccinated.
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"I know, as you said, there are managers and people that will want you to do it, which is right in their way, the way they think, but everyone has their choice on what they want to do.
"I wouldn't force people to do it, it's your choice and your body."
It comes after Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp expressed his frustration at the reluctance of Premier League players getting vaccinated against Covid-19.
He said: "If I say I am vaccinated, other people say: 'How can you tell me I should be vaccinated?' It is a little bit like drink-driving.
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"We all probably were in a situation where we had a beer or two and thought we still could drive, but [because of] the law, we are not allowed to drive, so we don't drive.
"But this law is not there for protecting me when I drink two beers and want to drive, it's for protecting all the other people because I'm drunk, and we accept that as a law."
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