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PSG’s Lionel Messi, three others test positive for COVID-19

/ 08:28 PM January 02, 2022

Paris Saint-Germain's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during the UEFA Champions League first round group A football match between Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) and Manchester City, at The Parc des Princes, in Paris, on September 28, 2021

FILE – Paris Saint-Germain’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring his team’s second goal during the UEFA Champions League first round group A football match between Paris Saint-Germain’s (PSG) and Manchester City. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Paris St Germain forward Lionel Messi and three other players have tested positive for COVID-19, the French Ligue 1 club said on Sunday.

Argentina international Messi joined from boyhood club Barcelona in August and the 34-year-old has scored six goals in 16 games in all competitions for the Parisian side.

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Defender Juan Bernat, back-up goalkeeper Sergio Rico and midfielder Nathan Bitumazala were the other players who returned positive tests.

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PSG said in a statement that the four players were currently in isolation and subject to the appropriate health protocols.

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France reported 219,126 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in a 24-hour period on Saturday, the fourth day in a row that the country has recorded more than 200,000 cases.

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France has joined the United States, India, Brazil, Britain and Russia in having had more than 10 million cases.

PSG is top of the Ligue 1 standings on 46 points after 19 matches, 13 points above second-placed Nice.

They are due to travel to third-tier club Vannes on Monday for a French Cup round-of-32 match.

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