Barcelona's Argentine forward Lionel Messi taking part in a training session at the Joan Gamper Sports City training ground in Barcelona on Monday on the eve of the UEFA Champions League Group F football match between Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona — AFP Lionel Messi has returned to Barcelona training after six weeks on the sidelines - but will not be ready to face Borussia Dortmund today (Tuesday), reports https://www.mirror.co.uk.
Superstar Messi is yet to appear for Barca this season after he returned from pre-season late and then struggled with a persistent thigh problem.
The 32-year-old teamed up with Ousmane Dembele to train on Sunday morning, as Ernesto Valverde's players, who didn't play on Saturday night, training ahead of the Champions League's return this week.
An image of the session on Barca's Twitter feed showed Messi involved in what looked like a passing game.
"It looked like it was just going to be a small period he would be out for at first," Valverde said about Messi on Saturday. "Apparently his scar opened a little bit so it's told us we need to exercise a little bit of caution.
"I don't think it's long until he'll be back again. Tuesday I don't know, probably later.
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