Blanc could rest Paris Saint-Germain players for their
Ligue 1 clash with Rennes.
Paris Saint-Germain coach Laurent Blanc has a number of
fitness worries ahead of Friday's league clash at Rennes, the
PSG boss acknowledging he could field a much-changed side.
The Ligue 1 leaders will make the trip to Roazhon Park without
the likes of Javier Pastore, David Luiz
and Presnel Kimpembe due to injury.
PSG are in Champions League action against Real Madrid on
Tuesday and Blanc will look to rotate where possible although
the former France captain insists his decision is not purely
based on the trip to Madrid.
"We cannot look to rest the players just because we are
thinking about the next match," he said on Thursday.
"Rotation is more about the idea of not increasing the chances
of injury in the future. We have stats that allow us to know who
has played the most. If we have five or six players who have
been subjected to a very significant pace, we think about
preservation, not resting them.
"We will think about it for Rennes as we have some injured
players."
Brazilian Luiz has not featured since injuring his knee on
international duty, with Kimpembe (ankle) and Pastore
(conjunctivitis) also set to miss out on Friday's clash.
"Pastore has conjunctivitis. He is not going to travel with the
team for tomorrow," Blanc added.
"David Luiz is in recovery but he will not be moving to Rennes,
neither will Kimpembe. We hope to recover everyone for
Madrid."
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