No Kylian Mbappé against Lille. The PSG striker, who suffers from a nose and throat infection, withdrew for the shock of the 12th day of Ligue 1 on Friday evening, the club announced on Thursday. His resumption of training is scheduled “early next week”, he should be available for the Champions League match in Leipzig on Wednesday.
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This is obviously bad news for Mauricio Pochettino, whose team is skating a bit at the moment. In the offensive artistic vagueness, Mbappé, author of five goals and four assists this season in the league, is the most consistent striker. “Kylian is very important to us. As it is absent, there are several possibilities. Messi can play ahead. But there are alternatives, other players, said the Argentine coach at a press conference. We will see what the final decision will be. As Pep Guardiola says, Messi can play 7, 8, 10, 9… He can play anywhere. “
Ramos in training next week?
Only problem, the former Barça is uncertain. While he had trained normally the days following the Classic in Marseille, the Argentinian was absent from the field this Thursday after feeling muscle discomfort. “He trained on an individual basis. We will see tomorrow [vendredi] if he can play, ”said the coach.
In addition, according to the medical update of the day, the return to collective training of Sergio Ramos, repeatedly postponed, “may be considered in the course of next week”. Marco Verratti and Leandro Paredes will not return for several weeks.