Cédric Bakambu must rejoin Beijing at the end of March. His club, Beijing Sinobo, has issued instructions: the Congolese goalscorer will aim to be ready for the resumption of the Chinese championship in early May.

And since he is coming from France, a country in turn engaged in the struggle against COVID-19, he will have to observe a quarantine period before putting his boots back on.

The problem is that Cédric Bakambu is currently in Paris, with his partner and his son. As the French are confined, the family is to grow in barely a month and will not be able to accompany him to Asia.

It is difficult to leave one's loved ones in such circumstances, especially as the 28-year-old player has absolutely no idea when he will subsequently be able to return to France. Over the weekend, "the leopard" told his story to colleagues at the newspaper L'Equipe, that of a player who probably no longer has time to think about his aborted transfer to Barça this winter, when life was still normal in Europe.

Cédric Bakambu is worried about his clan, but also about his country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a promise in this interview granted to L'Equipe. "We are not safe anywhere. I will also raise awareness among my compatriots through my show on my YouTube channel, starting Sunday."