French football giants Marseille announced Tuesday that three more people have tested positive for the coronavirus , following five players last week .
“ Marseille has just learned that three new suspected cases of COVID - 19 have been detected in its professional squad , ” the club said in a statement .
Marseille , which had to cancel what would have been the Ligue 1 season opener last Friday because of the five existing coronavirus cases , added that it had notified the French league about the new infections .
The five players already infected , whose names have not been divulged , are all asymptomatic , according to the club .
Besides Marseille , several other Ligue 1 clubs have been affected by the virus , including Nimes, Montpellier , Lens , Nice, Angers , Monaco and Brest .
Paris Saint - Germain , meanwhile , have obtained a derogation from league officials to push back their season - opening match , initially scheduled on Saturday against Lens, to September 10 .
PSG played in Sunday’ s Champions League final, losing 1 - 0 to Bayern Munich , meaning there would have been just six days between matches .
Their return to domestic duty will come at a busy time , however , sandwiched between France’ s international match against Croatia on September 8 and the French capital side ’ s opening home fixture of the season five days later against arch -rivals Marseille .
( AFP )
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