PSG suffers four casualties due to covid-19 on its return to training

Paris Saint Germain announced that four players from his main squad have tested positive for covid-19 this Saturday, two days after their return to the courts after the end of the year parties.

In addition to the footballers, a member of the coaching staff is also infected, as determined by the tests carried out after the holidays. The club did not reveal the identities of those affected.

“The tests carried out during the winter holidays and before the resumption of training revealed four positive cases of Covid-19 among the players and one positive case among the staff. The affected people are under the current Covid protocols, ”says the official statement issued by the Parisian entity.

The announcement coincides with the return to training of the squad led by Argentine Mauricio Pochettino after nine days of vacation, with the exception of several South American footballers, such as Leo Messi, Neymar, Ángel Di María, Leandro Paredes and Marquinhos, who will do so on Sunday.

Nor does the South American coach have the Senegalese Idrissa Gueye and Abdou Diallo and the Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, summoned by their respective teams to play the Africa Cup.

PSG returns to the competition next Monday, January 3, in the round of 32 of the Coupe de France, against Vannes, in the fourth category.