PARIS (AP) – Seven-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi is among four players in the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) squad to have tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of the team’s French Cup game tomorrow.
PSG added that one staff member also had COVID-19 in a statement on Saturday night.
None of them were named at that point, but in a further statement on the team’s medical news yesterday the club named Messi, left back Juan Bernat, backup goalie Sergio Rico and 19-year-old midfielder Nathan Bitumazala.
PSG is playing at third-tier Vannes.
Last year’s runner-up Monaco was in action this morning at second-tier Quevilly-Rouen in one of 13 games scheduled for the day as sides bid to reach the last 16.
Monaco said on Saturday that seven players had COVID-19 but none showed any worrying signs and are isolating.
