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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Paris Saint-Germain has suffered a major injury blow ahead of their Ligue 1 clash with Metz on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

PSG confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday that their player, Lionel Messi, sustained an injury ahead of the Metz clash.<\/p>\n

PSG head to the game following a 2-1 win against Lyon in their last game.<\/p>\n

Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s side are currently on top of the Ligue 1 table with 18 points from six matches.<\/p>\n

The statement read, \u201cLionel Messi, who took a knock to his left knee against Lyon, underwent an MRI on Tuesday morning, which confirmed signs of bruising of the bone. A follow-up examination will be carried out in 48 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

It added, \u201cMarco Verratti started running again today.<\/p>\n

\u201cSergio Ramos is continuing his individual training.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsma\u00ebl Gharbi is in individual training.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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