Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe have both been injured this month and are doubtful for their Champions League last 16 tie with Bayern Munich, but were spotted training with the rest of the PSG squad on Monday.

Kylian Mbappe and Lionel MessiPhoto: FRANCK FIFE / AFP / Profimedia

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe can play against Bayern Munich.

Messi suffered a hamstring injury in the French Cup match against Olympique de Marseille and PSG announced that Mbappe will need three weeks to recover from a left thigh injury on February 1.

It’s just that Mbappe has been training normally in recent days and could be ready to play on Tuesday, as Julian Nagelsmann (Bayern Munich coach) hinted when he accused the French champions of bluffing about the severity of the forward’s injury.

“I don’t think Mbappe will be absent. I don’t know what his problem is, so I assume he will play. Their website vaguely states that it will stay up to three weeks. Unless it’s a structural injury, I can’t imagine he’ll miss a game, but I don’t know. I prepare as usual, as if they are playing. It could also have been a bluff on their part.” Nagelsmann saidFebruary 5.

Lionel Messi and Marco Verratti were absent against Monaco but are likely to start against the Bavarians.

PSG and Bayern Munich will meet on Tuesday, at 22:00, in the first leg of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League. The match at the Parc des Princes will be broadcast in the format LiveBLOG on HotNews.ro.