The news fell shortly before 9 p.m. this Saturday, January 1, through a tweet from PSG: "The tests carried out during the winter break and before the resumption of training revealed 4 positive cases for Covid-19 among the players and 1 positive case within the staff.
The people concerned are subject to the Covid protocols in force.
“Just before the break, for the match in Lorient on December 22 (1-1), Thilo Kehrer and Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe had to give up, positive for the coronavirus.
Tests carried out during the winter break and before the resumption of training revealed 4 positive cases for Covid-19 among the players and 1 positive case among the staff.
The people concerned are subject to the Covid protocols in force.
- Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) January 1, 2022
The identities of the four players have not been disclosed at this point.
But there is little to wait.
Paris goes to Vannes this Monday, January 3 to face the N2 team in the round of 16 of the Coupe de France.
Players affected by the virus will not be attending.
Sergio Ramos will be suspended for this meeting.
For Mauricio Pochettino, who also has a member of his positive staff, the puzzle to build an eleven begins. Especially since he does not yet have his whole troop. The South Americans - Leo Messi, Angel Di Maria, Mauro Icardi, Leandro Paredes, Neymar and Marquinhos - must resume this Sunday at the Camp des Loges. Keylor Navas, the goalkeeper, was one day ahead of the call. He trained this Saturday with his competitor Gianluigi Donnarumma. In the field, Kylian Mbappé or Marco Verratti participated without worry in the exercises.
The four Parisians concerned were unable to take part in the first session of 2022, scheduled for this Saturday afternoon.
In all likelihood, they must have struggled to appear in the group to travel to Lyon on January 9, the first day of the new year, the 20th of the season.
Unless in the meantime, they are no longer positive for Covid-19.
The Omicron variant, now in the majority, disrupts all teams now in all championships.
PSG are no exception to the rule for their return to the pitch in 2022.