INJURY WONT CHANGE MESSI

Lionel Messi says he’s on the way back for Barcelona.

The Argentina international is back in the city after undergoing much of his rehab at home in Rosario and said: “I am OK, I do not know when I will be back, but now I have greater desire to reappear than when I was in Argentina and I want do so as soon as possible.

“I have talked to the doctor and the coach and we’ve decided not to take risks. When we all agree, I will come back.”

Messi has been plagued by thigh and hamstring injuries in the last two years and added: “I will continue playing as I did until now. I’ve known this club since I was small, I grew up here as a footballer and I will never give up. I am not afraid of anything.”