Messi misses pre-season training session as stand-off continues
Lionel Messi boycotted Barcelona's first pre-season training session on Monday, as per media reports, as the striker upped the stakes in his battle to leave this summer. After skipping coronavirus tests on Sunday, Messi was absent again from the club's Ciutat Esportiva training ground, where Ronald Koeman held a session at 5:30 pm, his first since being appointed Barca coach.