Spanish midfielder Dani Ceballos has revealed Arsenal players showed signs of coronavirus symptoms following manager Mikel Arteta's diagnosis, but were not tested.
Arteta became the first high-profile figure in English football to test positive for the illness back in March, and has now made a full recovery.
Arsenal's entire first-team squad were subsequently quarantined for a two-week period and Ceballos - speaking to Movistar in Spain - has now claimed that a number of players were also experiencing symptoms.
“I woke up one morning and saw Arteta [had tested] positive," he said. "The team was quarantined. There were players with symptoms, but we are all fine. They haven't tested us.
"I am doing as best as I can. It is hard being away from family. Here [in England] you can walk down the street with ease and go out to exercise once a day.”
With a possible Premier League return touted for as early as June 8, Arsenal players were permitted to make limited individual returns to the club's London Colney training base on Monday, observing strict rules and social distancing guidelines.
Ceballos additionally stated his focus remains entirely on Arsenal, but admitted that he intends on returning to parent club Real Madrid following his season-long loan spell.
However, Ceballos also revealed that he has not spoken to Los Blancos boss Zinedine Zidane at all since moving to London.
"I haven't spoken to Zidane since I left,” he said. “It has to be difficult to have a dressing room with so many players. I don't think Zidane talks to the loan players.”
On whether he will play for Madrid again, Ceballos added: "Hopefully. I now have a contract with Arsenal. At the moment in Madrid it is difficult to play with the players that are there. Now I am focused on being important at a club.”
Ceballos - who has scored just one goal and assisted two more in 24 appearances for Arsenal - recently described Arteta's former mentor Pep Guardiola as "possibly the best coach in history".
However, he insists that Arteta is also proving a great teacher during his early steps in management.
"It is what I think because I identify with his way of playing, although in Arsenal in three months I have learned a lot with Mikel Arteta," he said.
