Melbourne Storm’s Nelson Asofa-Solomona reveals he had ‘plans to go to the UK’

There was a period before the new NRL season in 2022 where the debates over Covid-19 vaccination came to the fore.

Those such as John Asiata, Luke Thompson and Nelson Asofa-Solomona were some of the most outspoken on the issue, refusing to get vaccinated with Asiata actually leaving the NRL for English Championship side Leigh Centurions instead.

Thompson eventually took the vaccine whilst it is still unclear whether or not Asofa-Solomona has been inoculated.

However, he has now broken his silence about that time and reveals that he had plans to go to the UK as well as even a completely different sport in the NFL.

“It was a little bit difficult in terms of planning where my future lay,” Asofa-Solomona told Weekend Read.

“I had plans to go to Japan, plans to go to the UK, plans to even try the NFL out. You can have all these plans but God’s plan prevails over all this stuff.

“God’s plan was for me to be here at the Melbourne Storm and celebrate my 150th. It was unprecedented times.

“I didn’t know where my future lay so we had to look at options. I wanted to be here. My heart was at the Melbourne Storm.

“I didn’t know if it was going to work out.”