After the “big crisis” caused by his request to leave Barcelona,
the Argentine star Lionel Messi is preparing to return to his
team’s training, starting tomorrow, Monday.
The Spanish newspaper “Marca” said that Messi took the
Corona test at his home, adding, “And if the result is negative,
he will join the team’s training under Ronald Koeman,
tomorrow, Monday.”
Barcelona has sent a medical team to the home of the 33-year-
old player to take the test, waiting for results to be released in
less than 24 hours.
Messi applied to leave “Camp Nou” about two weeks ago based
on a clause in his contract allowing him to leave for free at the
end of the season, but his request was rejected by Barcelona,
on the grounds that the validity of this clause expired last June,
and that his penalty clause of 700 million euros It is still effective.
After a crisis that lasted for several days, Liu retracted his
decision and announced his continuation with his club for
another year, “to avoid a legal dispute.”
The Catalan club will play its first friendly match in preparation
for next season, against Nastic de Tarragona next Saturday.
It is unlikely that Messi will be present at this friendly meeting,
due to the lack of physical fitness, according to Marca.
