XtraTime Web Desk: After suffering from Covid-19, Brazilian Wonderkid Neymar Jr. is back in the Paris Saint Germain squad for Sunday’s Ligue 1 match against arch-rivals Olympique Marseille. Neymar’s return has been confirmed by the coach Thomas Tuchel himself.
On September 2, the news first broke that Neymar was tasted positive for Covid-19. After losing the Champions League final by 1-0 against Bayern Munich, Neymar went to Ibiza to spend his holidays and that is there he might have come in contact with the virus.
The Brazilian, along with the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes, were all quarantined, with Neymar making his return to training on Friday.
PSG confirmed three more cases with L’Equipe identifying them as Argentine striker Mauro Icardi, Brazilian defender Marquinhos and goalkeeper Keylor Navas.
Apart from Mbappe all of them contracted the virus after jetting off to Ibiza following the Champions League defeat.
“Who’s back? It’s Keylor, Angel di Maria, ‘Ney’ and ‘Leo’ (Paredes), as well as (new signing Alessandro) Florenzi,” PSG coach Tuchel said.
“If I ask them if they want to play, their response will be yes. We’ll decide tomorrow.
“It’s a question of knowing whether they’ll start or finish the match for us.
“You don’t have to wait too long. If there is no risk, we’ll try.”
PSG’s season opener was pushed back because of their European exploits. But missing some of their most prized players, the capital club fell to a 1-0 defeat by newly-promoted Lens in their rescheduled game on Thursday.
After hosting Marseille at the Parc des Princes on Sunday, PSG play Metz on Wednesday before travelling to pacesetters Nice the following Sunday.