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Three more PSG players test positive for coronavirus

04 September 2020 09:57 (UTC +04:00)

Three more Paris Saint-Germain players tested positive for the coronavirus, raising the number so far to six and throwing the club’s start to the new season into chaos, APA reports citing Japan Times.

PSG announced the positive tests late on Thursday, without giving the names of the players and only saying that they are “subject to the appropriate health protocol.”

But sports daily L’Equipe named them as defender Marquinhos, goalkeeper Keylor Navas and striker Mauro Icardi. The other three cases, confirmed by the club on Wednesday, reportedly are forward Neymar, winger Angel Di Maria and midfielder Leandro Paredes.

All six were part of a recent holiday trip to Ibiza in Spain, which was authorized, following the club’s defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League final on Aug. 23. Some players posted photos on their social network accounts, posing together with their arms around each other or with their partners.

In order to make that trip possible, PSG’s opening league game of the new campaign away to Lens — initially scheduled for Aug. 29 — was pushed back to Sept. 10, drawing strong criticism from Lens fans.