Messi tests negative and can return to France

After a week of quarantine in Rosario, Messi he has tested negative in the PCR test and is going to travel to Paris in the next few hours. The Argentine was infected during the Christmas holidays in his native land and delayed his return to France due to the contagion. Although he has already recovered, it is early to know if he will arrive in condition to face Lyon on Sunday or if Pochettino he will prefer to leave it aside so that he can finish recovering.

Messi will arrive in Paris between tomorrow and Friday. At the club, however, nobody wants to take any chances. Expect an intense month of January, with the permanent threat of the virus, and later the tie against Real Madrid in February. PSG will play the season in a few weeks and they need the best Leo. The footballer who has been seen at times but without the regularity that was expected when he arrived at the Parc des Princes at the end of August.

After the negative of Messi, now there are five PSG footballers who remain isolated in compliance with the protocol against COVID: Sergio Rico, Bitumazala, Juan Bernat, Danilo and the last Donnarumma. PSG confirmed yesterday the news that the Italian goalkeeper has also contracted the disease, a few hours after playing as a starter in the French Cup against Vannes.