Messi departs to France following negative COVID test

Lionel Messi departed Argentina at the early hours of Wednesday towards France after getting a negative COVID test.

He was isolating at his home in Rosario after being among four Paris Saint-Germain players announced Sunday as testing positive for the coronavirus ahead of the team's return to playing after a brief winter break.

PSG resumed training earlier this week, raising the prospect of further infections in the squad.