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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2022
Messi in good spirits during Barca training as departure saga fades

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Reuters
09 September, 2020, 11:55 pm
Last modified: 09 September, 2020, 11:58 pm

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Messi in good spirits during Barca training as departure saga fades

Barca’s all-time top scorer was seen smiling as he and his fellow players worked through persistent rain at the club’s Joan Gamper training complex under the orders of new coach Ronald Koeman.

Reuters
09 September, 2020, 11:55 pm
Last modified: 09 September, 2020, 11:58 pm
FILE PHOTO: Football - FC Barcelona Training - Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, Barcelona, Spain - September 7, 2020. FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi during training. Reuters
FILE PHOTO: Football - FC Barcelona Training - Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, Barcelona, Spain - September 7, 2020. FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi during training. Reuters

Lionel Messi looked back in his comfort zone during training with his Barcelona team mates on Wednesday in preparation for the new La Liga season as he continued to move on from his aborted attempt to leave the club last month.

Barca's all-time top scorer was seen smiling as he and his fellow players worked through persistent rain at the club's Joan Gamper training complex under the orders of new coach Ronald Koeman.

Messi, who remains captain despite publicly declaring he wished to leave the club and lashed out at president Josep Maria Bartomeu, resumed training with the team on Monday after refusing to report back eight days previously while he continued to seek a departure.

But the Argentine announced last Friday that he would stay at Barca for this year as he did not want to challenge the club in court over a disputed clause in his contract which he argued allowed him to leave without a transfer fee.

Barca are sitting out the first two weeks of the new Spanish top-flight campaign due to participating in last month's Champions League 'Final Eight' tournament, where they were humiliated 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals.

Koeman's side play Gimnastic de Tarragona on Saturday in a friendly and then Girona next Wednesday before their first competitive game against Villarreal on Sept. 27.

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Lionel Messi / FC Barcelona

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