Paris Saint-Germain will be without midfielder Renato Sanches for several weeks and defender Nordi Mukiele until the end of the season as the race for the French league championship enters its final stages.
As the race for the French league title enters its final stretch, Paris Saint-Germain will be without defender Nordi Mukiele until the end of the season and midfielder Renato Sanches for several weeks.
After losing five league games since the beginning of the year, PSG leads Lens by six points with eight games remaining. Lens is ranked second. In third place, Marseille is eight points behind PSG.
On Tuesday, PSG announced that Mukiele needs surgery for a serious hamstring injury.
“The Paris Saint-Germain medical staff selected an activity to limit the risk of repeat,” the club stated, and the procedure was completed on Tuesday in Finland.
Sanches, who moved from Lille in the middle of the year, injured his right adductor muscle during PSG’s 2-0 victory over Pleasant on Saturday.
According to the PSG explanation, “He should return to getting ready in three to about a month, depending on how the injury makes,”
Neymar, Marco Verratti, and Presnel Kimpembe were among the PSG’s most important injured players who had already been ruled out.
On Saturday, Lens and PSG will square off at the Parc des Princes.