Who transmitted the Covid-19 to Lionel Messi?
Infected by the coronavirus and forced to miss the resumption with PSG after the winter break, the seven-fold Golden Ball is for the moment blocked with his family in Argentina.
His native country, where he spent his holidays and where he was infected.
But by whom?
On social networks, many compatriots of the Pulga have found a clear culprit: the DJ Fer Palacio.
His fault?
Having posted on Instagram a photo taken with Messi during an evening he hosted almost a week ago, thanking the Parisian player and his relatives for allowing him to take part in this event.
Problem in the eyes of some Internet users: Fer Palacio, whose real name is Fernando Palacio, had participated a few days earlier in another evening, the Coscu Awards, where several cases of Covid-19 were identified among the participants.
Enough to incriminate him, as he explained in an Instagram story on Sunday.
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"I just woke up and got a lot of messages, I'm trending on Twitter because Messi tested positive for Covid and people are saying I infected him," he describes in his video posted on the social network.
I received a lot of private messages, and some people went so far as to call me a murderer.
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"When he is negative, he will come back among us"
The DJ then details that he had to do a test to travel to Uruguay, a country neighboring Argentina.
PCR test, with negative result, which he then publishes in detail on Instagram to try to prove that he is not the man who transmitted the Covid-19 to Messi.
Author of a frustrating first part of the season with PSG, Lionel Messi will not play the first match of 2022 against Vannes in the Coupe de France on Monday evening.
“Leo is in contact with the club's medical service.
When it is negative, it will come back to us.
It is located in Argentina.
From then on, we'll see if he can play, ”coach Mauricio Pochettino said on Sunday.