We suspected it despite the good news of his return to collective training on Thursday.
Marquinhos, the Parisian captain, will not make the trip with the group to Metz for the meeting of the 34th day this Saturday (5 p.m.).
Mauricio Pochettino made it official this Friday at a press conference, indicating that, on the contrary, Marco Verratti and Abdou Diallo will do well, them, part of the group.
One can think that it will be the same for Keylor Navas.
Marquinhos will therefore continue his work of getting back into shape while the troop will try to bring back a victory of Saint-Symphorien.
The remaining objective for him to be able to take part in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League against Manchester City next Wednesday.
“All the players are important,” said Pochettino.
And Marquinhos too.
As I always say, individualities are important and give relief to a group, but to achieve our goals, we will need a strong group and a workforce where everyone thinks they can help.
But it's obvious that Marquinhos is important to us.
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The Parisian coach has got into the habit of being very careful with the return of injury but he is also convinced that the good management of his workforce will be the key to success while Paris remains involved in three competitions.
“The key is the importance of each game,” he said.
What matters is the management of the group, of the players, to always have a competitive team on the field, with freshness.
If we want to achieve all of our goals, all the players will be important.
And all those who are going to participate will have to be at a very high level.
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In this sense, he should therefore continue with the players he has been able to put in confidence in the image of Danilo repositioned in central defense since the absence of Marquinhos.
In the midfield, Pochettino assures that he has not yet decided whether or not to line up Marco Verratti in order to give him playing time after his ten-day isolation for Covid and then his blow to the thigh which deprived him of the match against Angers (5-0) on Wednesday.
“I don't know yet if it will start tomorrow (Saturday),” he said.
In addition, the Argentinian coach has confirmed the fears of a blank season that we mentioned for Juan Bernat, who was hit in the knee in September.
“We don't know if he will be able to come back before the end of the season,” he admitted.
