The Argentinian “It will follow the individual post-covid protocol in the coming days”, explained in a statement the PSG, deprived of another five positive players in covid-19 (Ángel Di María, Julian Draxler, Danilo Pereira, Layvin Kurzawa and Gianluigi Donnarumma) for this match of the 20th date.
The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, who tested negative in recent days after being infected with the virus during the French championship break, returned to France on Wednesday after a few days of vacation in Argentina, but trained away from the group on Thursday and on Friday.
This Saturday he did not participate in training with his teammates at Camp des Loges, the PSG training center.
The team led by Mauricio Pochettino, leaders of Ligue 1 with 10 points more than Olympique de Marseille, will not be able to count on Neymar against Lyon, injured in his left ankle, and whose return to training is expected “in around three weeks “, according to the club of the capital.
Defenders Achraf Hakimi and Abdou Diallo as well as midfielder Idrissa Gueye join their teams for the Africa Cup.
The new wave of contagions of the omicron variant disrupts the French league: three matches of the 20th date were postponed, while more than 100 players in the championship tested positive after Christmas, according to a count carried out by the AFP.