Paris Saint-Germain v Newcastle United team news: The Ligue 1 side have provided an injury update ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League match
PSG has begun training in preparation for Tuesday night’s Champions League encounter against Newcastle United at Parc des Princes (8 p.m. kickoff).
While Newcastle will go to France with a substantially depleted squad, featuring 13 players ruled out and one huge worry, PSG has also acknowledged a number of injury concerns.
According to a Monday medical update, Manrquinhos, Warren Zaire-Emery, Nuno Mendes, Presnel Kimpembe, and Keylor Navas are all out of the match. Last month, Marquinhos and Zaire-Emery began in Newcastle’s 4-1 defeat at St James’ Park.
PSG’s statement read: “Having suffered a slight injury to his right hamstring, Marquinhos is continuing to follow a tailor-made recovery programme.
“Presnel Kimpembe is gradually making a return to team training. Keylor Navas is continuing to follow his rehab programme after experiencing pain in his lower back.”
PSG’s training session in Poissy was open to the media and photographers before of Tuesday’s meeting. And, according to Sky Sports’ Keith Downie, Kylian Mbappe was among the players involved in the practice, which he described as ‘terrible news’ for Newcastle.
Just watched PSG train here at a wet & windy “Campus PSG” — and the bad news for #NUFC is Kylian Mbappé took part in the session ☔️ 💨 🇫🇷 #NUFC pic.twitter.com/LrlemZHvVq
— Keith Downie (@SkySports_Keith) November 27, 2023
Tuesday’s encounter is critical for both teams, as Newcastle needs to win to keep their chances of progressing alive, while PSG needs to win to potentially confirm their spot in the last-16.
“There are few matches left in a very complicated group with a very tight ranking,” PSG manager Luis Enrique stated ahead of the match. We’re going to treat this game like a championship.”
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