Foot: Neymar, Di Maria and Paredes positive for coronavirus

Brazilian PSG footballer Neymar, in tears after the Champions League final lost to Bayern Munich on August 23, 2020. David Ramos / Pool via REUTERS

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After announcing on August 31 that several players were suspected of carrying COVID-19, PSG confirmed on September 2 on Twitter that three of its members are indeed positive for the coronavirus.

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Neymar, Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes now have something else in common than their jersey: they have tested positive for coronavirus, according to our colleagues from the Team.

PSG announced on August 31 on Twitter that two players were suspected of carrying the virus.

The Parisian club has therefore on September 2 that three players are very positive, while specifying that they " 

 ".

Three @PSG_inside players are confirmed positive for the Sars CoV2 test and are subject to the appropriate health protocol.

All players and staff will continue to perform tests over the next few days.

  Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) September 2, 2020

The three stars of the workforce should therefore be quarantined for a week.

All players and staff should also be tested in the coming days.

Holidays in Ibiza involved?

The three teammates were returning from a trip to Ibiza.

Like several of their teammates, they spent part of their vacation there after the end of the " 

 " of the Champions League.

This Spanish getaway could therefore cost them their participation in the first match of the French league (Ligue1), on September 10 in Lens, in a late match of the second day of Ligue 1. The match itself is not threatened for the hour, a postponement would be considered if four cases are detected in the space of 8 days within the Parisian workforce.

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