Barcelona star Lionel Messi returned to
training with his team-mates on Monday following a knee injury, ahead of
the league leaders’ trip to Real Madrid this weekend.
Messi
hasn’t featured for Barca since sustaining knee ligament damage in a
2-1 victory over Las Palmas at the end of September, but is in line to
make his comeback in Saturday’s first Clasico of the season at the
Santiago Bernabeu.
“(Monday’s training) session included the presence of ‘Leo’ Messi, who is in the process of recovering from a left knee injury suffered on September 26,” read a post on Barca’s club website.
Barca
have performed well in the absence of the four-time Ballon d’Or winner,
with four straight league victories propelling Luis Enrique’s men to
the top of La Liga, three points ahead of arch-rivals Madrid in second.
Neymar
and Luis Suarez have scored 10 goals apiece since the Argentine was
sidelined, and the duo could again lead the line at the weekend with
Spanish media suggesting that Barca may not rush Messi back into the
starting line-up as a precaution.
Croatian
midfielder Ivan Rakitic also returned to training after injuring his
calf in a 3-0 Champions League group stage victory over BATE Borisov at
the start of the month.
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