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Will Messi be fit to face City?
- Updated: September 23, 2016
Lionel Messi faces a race to be fit for Barcelona’s crucial Champions league clash with Manchester City and his latest injury has sparked a club v country row.
Messi is expected to be out for three weeks after hurting his groin in a draw with Atletico Madrid, meaning he is also a doubt for Argentina’s World Cup qualifying matches next month.
Argentina manager Edgardo Bauza has since accused the Spanish club of not taking care of the 29-year-old, claiming he was already struggling with an adductor injury before playing four games in 12 days for the Catalan club.
But Sky Sports’ Spanish football expert Guillem Balague understands the injury Messi picked up against Atletico is a new injury and a different problem to the one he was struggling with in Argentina.
Balague discusses the fitness of Messi, including whether the Barcelona star will be available for his side’s crucial Champions League clash against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City…
“Argentina feel really upset about the Messi situation because they let him go home after their first World Cup qualifier as he was complaining of muscle niggles. So he didn’t play in the next game against Venezuela. They thought there was an agreement with Barcelona that Messi would be used cleverly, carefully. But he played the full …
