"Victim of a high injury of the right hamstring in the last match against Lorient, Nuno Mendes will not resume competition before the end of the season," PSG said Wednesday in a medical statement.

Entered the hour of play Sunday against Lorient, a match lost 3-1 at the Parc des Princes, Nuno Mendes was injured at the end of the match, a "muscle injury" had indicated Christophe Galtier after the match.

He was already absent in the previous match against Angers.

The 20-year-old Portuguese, one of the most prominent players with PSG, was hit in the other thigh, the left, during the World Cup and did not return to competition until late January after the World Cup in Qatar.

The list of injured players who will not play again this season is growing after Neymar, Presnel Kimpembe and Nordi Mukiele.

Meanwhile, Lionel Messi has been sanctioned and suspended by the club after his unauthorised promotional trip to Saudi Arabia, and will also certainly be absent against Troyes on Sunday.

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