Lionel Messi tested positive for Covid-19

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New Delhi: Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self-isolation, his club Paris Saint-Germain announced on Sunday.

The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner was one of four PSG players to test positive for the virus ahead of a French Cup match against Vannes.

Officials said that one member also had COVID-19 in a statement on Saturday night.

None of them were named at that point, but in a further statement on the team’s medical news Sunday the club named Messi, left back Juan Bernat, backup goalie Sergio Rico and 19-year-old midfielder Nathan Bitumazala.