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Lionel Messi to make early return to Barcelona training

Lionel Messi will cut short his holidays in order to return to training with Barcelona ahead of the new season.

The 29-year-old had been given an extended period of time off following his exertions with Argentina at the Copa America earlier this summer.

Argentina made it all the way to the final of the anniversary edition of the tournament, before losing to Chile on penalties for the second year running which led to the four-time Ballon d’Or winner calling time on his international career.

Messi has also had to contend with a high-profile court case, ending with a suspended 21-month sentence being passed down, but he will now return to his club for their visit to St George’s Park next week.

Luis Suarez, Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal will also form part of the Catalan giants’ 25-man squad, though there is no place for Gerard Pique, Andres Iniesta and Ivan Rakitic who all competed at Euro 2016, while new signings Samuel Umtiti and Lucas Digne are also absent.

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