PARIS — Danilo became the fifth
Paris Saint Germain
player to test positive for COVID-19 and will miss the French Cup match with
Vannes later on Monday, the club said.
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The 30-year-old Portuguese international midfielder joins
Lionel Messi and other team-mates in self-isolating as the Omicron variant
shows little sign of loosening its grip.
Messi, Juan Bernat, Sergio Rico and youngster Nathan
Bitumazala were revealed to have tested positive on Sunday.
Their enforced absence has prompted PSG coach
Mauricio Pochettino to call on South American players who only resumed training on
Sunday for the clash with fourth division Vannes.
Marquinhos and Messi's fellow Argentinians
Angel Di Maria
and
Mauro Icardi are among those who could get a run out.
Home team
Vannes are counting the cost of the French
government's newly introduced crowd restrictions on Monday with 5,000
spectators only permitted at outdoor events.
Vannes had been hoping for a 9,600 sell-out and according to
their president Maxime Ray are set to miss out on revenue of 250,000 euros
($282,000).
"We are missing out on what is a fortune to us,"
he said last week.
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