Back in collective training for the past 48 hours following feeling pain in the adductor, Kylian Mbappé is fully operational for the reception of Reims this Sunday at 8:45 p.m. The French international striker is in the group of 21 players selected by Mauricio Pochettino for this closing match of the 22nd day of Ligue 1. Lionel Messi is there too. The Argentinian affected by Covid-19 during the holiday season might play his first minutes in 2022 following missing the matches once morest Vannes, Lyon and Brest.
Forced to forfeit last week, Keylor Navas is also available. On the other hand, Pochettino will have to do without Gianluigi Donnarumma who “felt discomfort in the calf during the last training. A point will be made in 48 hours according to the evolution ”, explains the PSG. In the absence of the Italian, it is Denis Franchi or Lucas Lavallée who should sit on the bench of substitutes this Sunday.
In addition, the coach has decided to keep young Xavi Simons and Edouard Michut in the group. El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Ismaël Gharbi and Sekou Yansané will play with the U 19 this Sunday once morest Lens (2:30 p.m.), at the Georges-Lefèvre stadium (Saint-Germain-en-Laye).
Paris is still deprived of Neymar who “continues his individual training and treatment at the Ooredoo center and must resume racing at the start of next week”, according to the latest information from the club. Georginio Wijnaldum (left ankle), Juan Bernat (individual recovery) and Alexandre Letellier (right calf) are also in the infirmary while Achraf Hakimi, Abdou Diallo and Idrissa Gueye are mobilized for the African Cup of Nations.
The Parisian group:
Navas, Franchi, Lavallée – Dagba, Kimpembé, Ramos, Marquinhos, Kehrer, Mendes – Michut, Paredes, Simons, Danilo, Verratti, Herrera, Dina Ebimbe – Di Maria, Draxler, Icardi, Mbappé, Messi.
