PSG-Lorient: Several packages, Neymar very uncertain

Paris Saint-Germain already has several major absentees, one day before receiving FC Lorient

Saturday evening, at 9:00 p.m., Paris Saint-Germain will officially start their season, after a rather mixed Asian tour in terms of results. The capital club will host FC Lorient at the Parc des Princes on the sidelines of the first day of Ligue 1. For his first official match at the head of PSG, Luis Enrique will not have his full squad and several players will be missing. ‘call.

The club formalized several packages this Friday in its medical press release. Three of them are long-term absentees still too fair for the recovery: Nordi Mukiele (hamstrings, absent since April), Nuno Mendes (hamstrings, absent since April 30) and Presnel Kimpembe (Achilles tendon, absent since February). Goalkeeper Alexandre Letellier, victim of a sprained knee in July, is added to this list of absentees.

However, these players are not very far from a return to the field. “Recovered from his hamstring operation, Nordi Mukiele alternates individual and collective trainingexplains the press release of the club. Nuno Mendes is working individually on the pitch and will resume with the group within 15 days. Presnel Kimpembe resumed running after his Achilles tendon surgery.

Two other players are uncertain for the match against the Bretons: Neymar and Juan Bernat. The two train away from the group this Friday. “Neymar Jr is recovering from a viral syndrome and is training indoors today (this Friday), specifies PSG. Juan Bernat is doing reinforcement work in the gym today.”